Phrasal Verbs With GET

Phrasal Verbs With GET

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Get Phrasal Verbs – Using, Definitions and Examples;

• Get across,
• Get along,
• Get along with,
• Get around,
• Get ahead,
• Get at,
• Get by,
• Get out,
• Get off,
• Get rid of,
• Get back,
• Get away,
• Get down, 
• Get down to, 
• Get on,
• Get on with,
• Get on in,
• Get out of,
• Get over, 
• Get through.

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• Get (sth) across

Meaning; to make people understand something

Example; The teacher couldn’t get her ideas across to the students.

• Get along / Get on / Get on with

Meaning; If people get along, they like each other and they have a good relationship.

Example; I can’t get along with the neighbors any more.

• Get around

Meaning; to travel to different places

Example; I will get around from town to town.

• Get ahead

Meaning; to be successful in the work

Example; I will get ahead at work with this project.

• Get at sth

Meaning; to touch or to reach something

Example; The child can’t get at the books on the high shelf.

• Get at sb

Meaning; to criticize someone repeatedly

Example; The boss always get at me. I don’t know why he behaves like that.

• Get away

Meaning; to leave or to escape from a place or a person

Example; She usually gets away from the crowds.

• Get sb down

Meaning; to cause someone feel sad or lose hope

Example; Rainy weather is getting me down.

• Get down to sth

Meaning; to check briefly on someone or something 

Example; Let’s get down to work.

• Get on

Meaning 1; to put yourself on or in something, to get into a bus, train or plane.

Example; I always get on the school bus at 7 a.m.

Meaning 2; to have a good relationship

Example; We got on better when we were children.

• Get on with/in

Meaning; to manage a situation or to achieve something

Examples; 

She seems to be getting on well in her new job.

How do you get on with your exams?

• Get out of sth/doing sth

Meaning; to avoid doing something

Example; She wants to get out of going to this meeting.

• Get over

Meaning; to recover from an upsetting situation or to start feel happy again after something has happened bad to you.

Example; She is just getting over the flu.

• Get through

Meaning; to be connected by phone

Example; She got through to wrong department.