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get - a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent |
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return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
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get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
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acquire |
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isolate place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
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incur,
obtain,
receive,
find,
get make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
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win back,
get back recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
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press out,
express,
extract obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
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capture,
catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
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come into,
come by obtain, especially accidentally
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purchase,
buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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charter,
hire,
lease,
rent,
engage,
take grant a charter to
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receive,
have convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
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turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
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buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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glom seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
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enter upon,
luck into,
come upon take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
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get hold,
line up,
come up,
find take one's position before a kick-off
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accept,
have,
take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
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obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
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regain,
retrieve,
recover,
find run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
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catch contract; "did you catch a cold?"
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recoup,
recuperate,
recover reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
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repossess,
reclaim make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
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regain,
find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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win,
acquire,
gain be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
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earn,
pull in,
bring in,
realise,
realize,
gain,
take in,
clear,
make acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
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earn,
garner acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
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benefit,
profit,
gain be beneficial for; "This will do you good"
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partake in,
partake,
share be active in
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preempt make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
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preempt make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
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gather up,
call for,
collect,
pick up get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
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inherit obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
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borrow get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
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pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
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get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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poll convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
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get - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" |
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catch,
capture |
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prehend,
clutch,
seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
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retake,
recapture photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
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lasso,
rope catch with a lasso; "rope cows"
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get - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" |
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purchase,
buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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commercialism,
mercantilism,
commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" |
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acquire,
get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
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get - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" |
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compute,
cipher,
cypher,
figure,
calculate,
reckon,
work out understand; "He didn't figure her"
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get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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get - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" |
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stir,
touch mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
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get under one's skin,
get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
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get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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annoy,
rile,
nettle,
devil,
nark,
irritate,
gravel,
get to,
get at,
vex,
chafe,
rag,
bother cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
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get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" |
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arrive,
come,
get reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
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catch contract; "did you catch a cold?"
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get - cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" |
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let,
have |
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get,
make cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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get - communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" |
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intercommunicate,
communicate be interconnected, afford passage; "These rooms intercommunicate"
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get - reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" |
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catch |
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hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
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get - overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" |
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destroy,
ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
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get - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" |
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receive |
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catch,
get contract; "did you catch a cold?"
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