Base verb
Phrasal verbs with get
The verb get combines with 19 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.
19 phrasal verbs · 66 meanings
get about
1 sense- Move around or travel in general
get across
1 sense- Successfully communicate an idea
get ahead
2 senses- Make progress in life or career
- Do something in advance
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 away
3 senses- Escape from a place or situation
- Go on a short holiday
- Avoid being caught or punished for something
get back
5 senses- Return to a place
- Take revenge on someone
- Arrive home or return
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
6 senses- Descend or lower yourself
- Depress someone emotionally
- Manage to swallow food
get in
5 senses- Enter a car or building
- Arrive at a destination
- Be accepted to a school or team
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
- Go out socially
get over
4 senses- Recover from an illness or upset
- Overcome a difficulty
- Cross to the other side of an obstacle
get round
3 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
5 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
3 senses- Rise from bed or a seat
- Move to a standing position
- Increase in strength
Practice the get family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of get with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.