'get' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'get' with 20 example sentences.
- get noun
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: a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- get verb
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: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
: enter or assume a certain state or condition
: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
: go or come after and bring or take back
: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
: take vengeance on or get even
: achieve a point or goal
: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
: give certain properties to something
: move into a desired direction of discourse
: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
: attract and fix
: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
: reach by calculation
: acquire as a result of some effort or action
: purchase
: perceive by hearing
: suffer from the receipt of
: receive as a retribution or punishment
: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
: reach and board
: irritate
: evoke an emotional response
: apprehend and reproduce accurately
: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
: overcome or destroy
: be a mystery or bewildering to
: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
: make (offspring) by reproduction