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Get after
Nag or exhort someone
“You should GET AFTER them to finish the work.”
Get ahead
Progress
“Nowadays, you need IT skills if you want to GET AHEAD.”
Get ahead of
Move in front of
“I work at home in the evening to GET AHEAD OF schedule.”
Get along
Have a good relationship
“Why don't you two GET ALONG?”
Get along in
Progress
“How are you GETTING ALONG IN the company.”
Get along with
Have a good relationship with someone
“I don't GET ALONG WITH my sister- we have nothing in common.”
Get around
Become known
“It didn't take long for the news to GET AROUND once it got into the newspapers.”
Get around to
Finally manage to do something, make the effort to do something
“It always takes me ages to GET AROUND to replying to letters.”
Get at
Criticise
“His boss is always GETTING AT him for arriving late.”
Get away
Escape
“The robbers GOT AWAY in a stolen car, which the police later found abandoned.”
Get away from
Go somewhere different or do something different
“Work's getting on top of me; I need to GET AWAY FROM it.”
Get away with
Not get caught, criticised or punished for doing something wrong
“Thieves GOT AWAY WITH two Picassos, which were never found.”
Get away!
An expression of disbelief
“"I passed." "GET AWAY!”
Get back
To return to a place.
“The train was held up so we didn't GET BACK home until midnight.”
Get back at
Take revenge
“I'll GET BACK AT her for landing me in trouble.”
Get back into
Start doing something after stopping for some time
“I am GETTING BACK INTO my Khmer lessons after the summer break.”
Get back to
Respond to a contact
“I'll GET BACK TO you as soon as I hear any news.”
Get back together
Restart a relationship
“We split up a few months ago but GOT BACK TOGETHER last week.”
Get behind
Support
“All the students GOT BEHIND the teacher.”
Get behind with
Be late paying instalments for something.
“If you GET BEHIND WITH mortgage payments, you might lose your home.”
Get by
Have just enough money to live on
“They're finding it increasingly difficult to GET BY since their daughter was born.”
Get by on
Manage on a certain amount of money
“It's hard to GET BY ON my salary.”
Get by with
Have enough of something to do the job
“We should be able to GET BY WITH three PCs, but four would be better.”
Get down
Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.
“The miserable weather in winter really GETS me DOWN.”