Phrasal verb_get

Question 1

To meet in order to do something or spend time together (get …)

Answer 1

get together (with)
It's nice to get together with people you get on with.

Question 2

Two or more people like each other and are friendly to each other (get …)

Answer 2

get on (with)
It's nice to get together with people you get on with.

Question 3

Continue doing something, especially work (get …)

Answer 3

get on (with)
I must get on with my work.

Question 4

If you have not done as much work or paid as much as you should by a particular time (get …)

Answer 4

get behind (with)
I got behind becouse I spent too much time on the Internet.

Question 5

do and complete something difficult or unpleasent that must be done (get …)

Answer 5

get sth over with

Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home.

Question 6

leave a place or person, often when the situation makes it difficult for you to do so (get …)

Answer 6

get away

Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home.

Question 7

be very surprised or shocked that something has happened or that something is true (get …)

Answer 7

can’t/couldn’t get over sth

I can’t get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work.

Question 8

succeed in not being criticised or punished for something wrong that you have done (get …)

Answer 8

get away with

I can’t get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work.

Question 9

have just enough money to pay for the things I need, but nothing more (get …)

Answer 9

get by

I get by with a bit of help from my parents.

Question 10

find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem (get …)

Answer 10

get around/round

We’ll get around/round it somehow.

Question 11

do something that you have intended to do for a long time (get …)

Answer 11

get around/round to

I haven’t got around/round to it yet, but I’ll do it after lunch.

Question 12

ask someone what they mean, usually because they have said something indirectly (get …)

Answer 12

what you’re getting at?

I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re getting at.

Question 13

do something successfully even though it is not the best way of doing it (get …)

Answer 13

get away with

Do you think I can get away with not using any handouts in my lecture?