Base verb
Phrasal verbs with get
The verb get combines with 22 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
22 phrasal verbs · 75 meanings
get about
1 sense- Move around or travel in general
get across
2 senses- Successfully communicate an idea
- Reach the other side of a place or barrier
get ahead
3 senses- Make progress in life or career
- Do something in advance
- Become more successful or advanced than someone else
get along
2 senses- Have a friendly relationship with someone
- Manage in a particular situation
get around
4 senses- Avoid a rule or difficulty
- Travel or move about
- (of news) become widely known
get at
3 senses- Criticise someone repeatedly or unfairly
- Suggest or mean something indirectly
- Reach or gain access to something
get away
3 senses- Escape from a place or situation
- Take a short holiday
- Avoid being caught or punished for something
get back
4 senses- Return to a place
- Reply to someone, often with information they asked for
- Take revenge on someone
get behind
2 senses- Become late with work, payments, or schedule
- Support a person, idea, or cause
get by
1 sense- Manage to live or cope with just enough resources
get down
5 senses- Descend or lower yourself
- Depress someone emotionally
- Capture in writing or recording
get in
5 senses- Enter a car or building
- Arrive at a destination
- Be accepted to a school or team
get into
3 senses- Enter a vehicle or small enclosed space
- Become interested in or start enjoying an activity or subject
- Begin to have a serious problem
get off
3 senses- Leave a bus, train or plane
- Finish work for the day
- Escape punishment
get on
6 senses- Board a bus, train or plane
- Have a good relationship
- Make progress with a task
get out
7 senses- Leave a room, car or building
- Become known publicly, often by accident
- Leave home to meet people or enjoy free time
get over
4 senses- Recover from an illness or upset
- Overcome a difficulty
- Cross to the other side of an obstacle
get past
2 senses- Pass an obstacle or person and reach the other side
- Recover from a difficult event or feeling so it no longer controls you
get round
4 senses- Travel from one place to another, especially when difficult
- Persuade someone to do what you want by gentle means
- Find a way to deal with or avoid a problem or rule
get through
6 senses- Finish a difficult task or period
- Survive a hard time
- Make contact by phone
get together
3 senses- Meet socially
- Collect or organize things
- Regain control of yourself
get up
2 senses- Move from lying or sitting to an upright or standing position
- Increase in strength
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