Collocations for "get"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "get" in context.
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get
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- can I get a [coffee, latte]?
- get [coffee, dinner, ice cream]
- can I get you [anything, a drink]?
- get a (new) [car, job]
- get to [work, studying, thinking]
- get down to [work]
- get to know him
- get to [see, visit, go]
- get in [touch, contact] (with)
- get back [home, to work]
- get (him) into trouble
- get carried away (with)
- get [sick, drunk, tired, ready]
- get [fired, arrested, in trouble]
- I'm getting (so) tired of
- it's getting [cold, hot]
- don't get [angry, upset, excited]
- getting [frustrated, anxious]
- getting fed up with [doing, this]
- get up [in the morning, at 7]
- get [on, off] the [bus, plane, train]
- get [in, out of] the [car, helicopter]
- get out of here
- get going
- get away with [murder, cheating, the crime, it]
- get away from [the city, daily routine, work]
- get the [day, week, month] off (of work)
- get through the [day, exam, interview]
- get over [her, the relationship, the failure]
- get around by [train, car, foot]
- get a [haircut, manicure]
- get [help, assistance]
- get the [idea, blues]
- get rid of [junk, old clothes, the trash]
- see what you got [on the exam, for your birthday]
- get a [message, meaning] across
- get it [right, done, all wrong]
- I don't get [it, why]
- [the boss, she] is really getting at [me, the workers]
- it's (really) getting to me
- he's getting on my nerves
- get [along, on] with
- [don't, don't really, hardly] get along
- (doesn't) get along with [her mother-in-law, coworkers, them]
- slang, UK: get [stuffed, bent]!
- slang, UK: she got off with him
- get by on [$100 a week]
- get by in [French]
'get' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- ASAP
- Chinese
- Christmas
- December
- ID
- Irish
- November
- OK
- October
- SAT
- SOB
- Thanksgiving
- able
- about
- access
- accommodation
- aching
- acquainted
- acting
- adjustment
- ahead
- air
- alignment
- all
- allowance
- altogether
- always
- ambitious
- analysis
- anniversary
- annoyed
- anxious
- anyhow
- anymore
- anytime
- apartment
- appetite
- appraisal
- apprehensive
- approval
- architect
- around
- arse
- aside
- ass
- assignment
- assistance
- assistant
- attachment