[ɡɛt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- come to have (something); receive
(e.g: I got a letter from him the other day)

- succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain
(e.g: I need all the sleep I can get)

- reach or cause to reach a specified state or condition
(e.g: he'd got thinner)

- come, go, or make progress eventually or with some difficulty
(e.g: Nigel got home very late)


- catch or apprehend (someone)
(e.g: the police have got him)

- understand (an argument or the person making it)
(e.g: What do you mean? I don't get it)

- acquire (knowledge) by study; learn
(e.g: that knowledge which is gotten at school)


Phrases:
- as — as all get out
- be out to get someone
- get in there
- get it on
- get one's own back
- get out the vote
- get over oneself
- get someone with child
- get-rich-quick
- get-up-and-go
- getting on for

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse geta ‘obtain, beget, guess’; related to Old English gietan (in begietan ‘beget’, forgietan ‘forget’), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin praeda ‘booty, prey’, praehendere ‘get hold of, seize’, and Greek khandanein ‘hold, contain, be able’

[ɡɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an animal's offspring

- a person whom the speaker dislikes or despises


Phrases:
- as — as all get out
- be out to get someone
- get in there
- get it on
- get one's own back
- get out the vote
- get over oneself
- get someone with child
- get-rich-quick
- get-up-and-go
- getting on for

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse geta ‘obtain, beget, guess’; related to Old English gietan (in begietan ‘beget’, forgietan ‘forget’), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin praeda ‘booty, prey’, praehendere ‘get hold of, seize’, and Greek khandanein ‘hold, contain, be able’