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Get to know

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To become familiar with someone or something through interaction or experiences

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Get the message

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To understand what someone is trying to say, often in an indirect way

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Get even

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to punish someone who has donde something bad to you by doing something equally bad to that person.

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Get out of

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to avoid something that you don’t want to do.

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Get back at

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Take revenge of

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Got the short end of the stick

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to receive the worst outcome in a situation, often due to unfair circumstances.

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Get real

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be realistic or face the truth.

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Get a life

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do something more worthwhile or interesting.

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Get in trouble

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to face difficulties, often due to doing something wrong or breaking rules.

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Get the impression

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to feel or think something about a situation or person based on indirect clues.

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Get along well

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to have a good relationship or deal successfully with a situation.

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Get ahead

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advance in work or society. To make progress.

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Get through

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make someone understand.

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Get out of the way

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to move out of someone’s path.

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Get away with

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to not be caught or punished when you have done something wrong.

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Get rid of

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to remove something that you don’t want any longer.

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Get by

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manage or deal with what you have often in a difficult situation.

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Get a hold of

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to contact someone or to obtain something.

19
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Get the joke

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To understand a joke

20
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Getting sb down

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to make someone feel unhappy or depressed.

21
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Get your act together

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to start to organize things in a more effective way.

22
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Get on my nerves

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to annoy or irritate someone.

23
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Get around

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to be able to go different places without difficulty.

24
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Get over:

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recover from an unpleasant situation.

25
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Get together

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meet or gather socially.

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Getting anywhere

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to make progress. Used in a negative way.

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Get back

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to come or go again to a person, place or condition.

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Get into

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to become involved in something.