48 Useful Collocations with GET

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Collocations with GET! List of common collocations and expressions with
GET in English with example sentences and ESL picture to improve your
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Big list of  verb noun collocations  in English.

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Collocations with GET

List of Collocations with GET
 Get a call
 Get a chance
 Get a clue
 Get a cold
 Get a degree/ a diploma
 Get a job
 Get a joke
 Get a letter (receive)
 Get a shock
 Get a splitting headache
 Get a tan
 Get a ticket
 Get a/the right
 Get angry
 Get changed (change clothes)
 Get cool
 Get dark
 Get divorced
 Get dressed/ undressed
 Get drunk
  Get fired
 Get frightened
 Get good/top/bad marks
 Get home (arrive)
 Get hot(ter)
 Get hungry
 Get into trouble
 Get lost
 Get married
 Get nowhere
 Get old
 Get one’s hair cut
 Get out of breath
 Get permission
 Get pregnant
 Get ready for
 Get sleep
 Get started
 Get stuck (in a traffic jam)
 Get the impression
 Get the message
 Get the ticket (buy)
 Get tired
 Get to sleep
 Get together
 Get upset
 Get wet
 Get worried
Examples of Collocations with GET
List of collocations with get with example sentences.

Get a call

 I didn’t  get a call  from anyone

Get a chance

 I  get a chance  to sleep in at the weekend.

Get a clue
  You  get a clue, and follow that up.
Get a cold

 It’s tough because you always  get a cold  in the wintertime.

Get a degree/ a diploma

 My goals were to go back to school and  get a degree.

Get a job

 He wanted to see if he could  get a job  with us.

Get a joke

 I go there to  get a joke  each day.

Get a letter (receive)

 I  got a letter  from my friend in Bangkok.

Get a shock

 They’ll  get a shock  when they get this bill.

Get a splitting headache

 Tom says he’s  got a splitting headache  and falls in half.

Get a tan

 I wish I could  get a tan  like that.

Get a ticket

 Can you  get a ticket  for me?

Get a/the right

 We cast our net wide to  get the right  person for the job.
Get angry

 He was beginning to  get angry.

Get changed (change clothes)

 I didn’t have time to  get changed  before the party.

Get cool
  It will probably  get cool  later, so bring a coat.
Get dark

 It  gets dark  very early in the winter.

Get divorced

 I  got divorced  when I was about 31.

Get dressed/ undressed

 The first thing I do in the morning is  get dressed.

Get drunk

 She  got drunk  and fell over.

Get fired

 She didn’t want to  get fired.

Get frightened

 She  gets frightened  when he shouts at her.

Get good/top/bad marks

 If Peter is lazy, he will  get bad marks.

Get home (arrive)

 I didn’t  get home  till after dinnertime.

Get hot(ter)

 It’s  getting hotter.

Get hungry

 If you  get hungry  , there’s some cold chicken in the fridge.

Get into trouble

 If you  get into trouble,  don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Get lost

 We always  get lost  in London.

Get married
  Tom and Sarah are  getting married.
Get nowhere

 You’ll  get nowhere  if you follow his instruction.

Get old

 He’s  getting old  and his hearing isn’t very good.

Get one’s hair cut

 I want to know where Sarah  got her hair cut.

Get out of breath

 If you  get out of breath  at any time, go back to walking.

Get permission

 You need to  get permission  from the owner.

Get pregnant

 My wife took 2 years to  get pregnant.

Get ready for

 Are you ready, Tom? I  got ready for  bed.

Get sleep

 It’s important to  get sleep  so don’t stay up too long.

Get started

 We couldn’t wait to  get started  on the next job.

Get stuck (in a traffic jam)

 I  got stuck  in a traffic jam.

Get the impression

 I  got the impression  she was a little  preoccupied.

Get the message

 We want to  get the message  to them and let them decide.
Get the ticket (buy)
  Where am I going to  get a ticket?
Get tired

 I  get tired  of educating people.

Get to sleep

 He couldn’t  get to sleep  because he was too excited.

Get together

 Shall we  get together  on Friday and go for a drink or something?

Get upset

 I knew John would  get upset  when he got the sack.

Get wet

 You  get wet  in the rain.

Get worried

 I started to  get worried  when they didn’t arrive home.

Collocations with GET