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"Get" meaning "receive" or "have"

 “Are you getting a refund?”


 “Don't expect to get a high-paying job right out of school.”
 “Can I get change for a twenty?”
 “It's super important that I get this internship.”
 “Let's get an objective opinion. Tom, what do YOU think?”
 “I got this on sale for only four bucks.”
 “I only got four hours of sleep last night.”
 “I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on it.”

"Get" meaning "become":


 “I can definitely tell you're getting better.”
 “I get distracted so easily!”
 “I want to try to shed a few pounds and get back in shape.”
 “Is your back getting stiff?”
 “It's getting harder and harder to earn a living as a photographer these days.”
 “You should put some stuff on it to keep it from getting infected, don't you
think?”
 “Sorry, I got sidetracked.”
 “These ATM fees have gotten to be ridiculous!”

"Get" meaning "go", "come", or "arrive":


 “My wife'll kill me if I don't get home soon.”
 “I wouldn't sign up for a tour unless it was somewhere that's really hard to get
around in as a foreigner.”
 “I was talking with this girl at work who just got back from maternity leave.”
 “I went straight to sleep as soon as I got home.”
"Get" meaning "understand":
 “Do you get what I'm trying to get across?”
 “I don't get it.”
 “She was asking something about her travel arrangements, but I didn't quite get
what she wanted.”

"Getting something done" for you:


 “Did you get it colored?”
 “I need to go get my prescription filled, so I'll be back in a while.”
 “Where'd you get it done?”
 “When was the last time you got a haircut?”

To "get to" do something:


 “You get to pick and choose.”

"Get" used in the passive form, for something bad that


happens to someone:
 “I got caught without an umbrella.”
 “I got yelled at for not calling.”
 “I got pulled over on my way home last night.”
Phrasal verbs using "get"
 “All right - let's get to work.”
 “Do you still want to get together?”
 “Don't let their pettiness and negativity get to you.”
 “I don't want to get into it right now.”
 “I probably won't be able to get to that until tomorrow morning.”
 “I should get going.”
 “I think you need to get your priorities straight.”
 “I watched a few episodes, but I couldn't really get into it.”
 “Let me get straight to the point.”
 “My grandpa used to tell me about how he had to get up at the crack of dawn
every day to start work on the farm.”
 “Please get back to me by the end of the day.”
 “So far I've just been getting caught up.”
 “The only thing about fish is that it's so hard to get rid of the odor.”
 “What's it going to take to get through to you?”
 “But seriously, it's time you got rid of that thing.”
 “Looks like they finally got around to fixing that light.”

Idioms using "get":


 “OK! Get off my back!”
 “No way! Get out of here!”
 “OK. Let's get down to business.”
 “I'm getting a head start on my Christmas shopping.”
 “Sweetheart, it's 2011. Get with it!”
 “You just need to get out there and talk to people more.”
 “She got tied up at work.”

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