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Get around

(TRAVEL)

to travel to a lot of places:


Spain last week and Germany this week - he gets around, doesn't he!

Moverse
to be able to go to different places without difficulty, especially if you
are old or ill:
My grandmother is finding it harder to get around these days.

Get down to sm
to start to direct your efforts and attention towards something:
I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it.

[ + -ing verb ] UK I must get down to booking the hotels.

get hold of
US ALSO get ahold of

B2 INFORMAL to find someone or obtain something:


Where can I get hold of some stamps?

How can I get ahold of Chris?


MAINLY UK to understand something:

getting up to : to do something, often something that other people would


disapprove of:

get over(st or so): (recuperarse) recover from


I hope you get over your flu really quickly. By spring he had got over the virus

Get On (with) / get along with llevarse bien. to have a good relationship:
Get away: to escape, AVOID PUNISHMENT, librarse, salirse con la suya
Be successful in something
to do something successfully although it is not the best way of doing it:
have a holiday

Get at (so) meterse con … criticize someone repeatedly


He keeps getting at me and I really don't know what I've done wrong.

Get rid of (so, st) librarse o sacarme de encima to remove or throw away
something unwanted:
That cream got rid of my skin rash.

I used weedkiller to get rid of the weeds in the garden.

to send away someone annoying or to persuade them to leave:

We got rid of our unwelcome guests by saying we had to go to bed.

Get out of (doing something) avoid something you want to do.

t's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes

get out of here: no jodas! Largate de aqui.. fuera


Get off lightly: to experience less serious punishment, injury, or harm than
you might have expected:
I think I got off lightly with one or two cuts, considering how damaged the car was.

get through to:/ get across (communicate or make undertand something) hacer
entender a alguien..2. localizar a alguiein

successfully explain something,

to manage to survive

The message was finally getting through to him

get wound up (about something) : become annoyed or


angry
Jason gets very wound up whenever I mention the incident.

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