Phrasal verb_get Flashcards

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

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get together (with)
It's nice to get together with people you get on with.
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Two or more people like each other and are friendly to each other (get …)

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get on (with)
It's nice to get together with people you get on with.
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Continue doing something, especially work (get …)

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get on (with)
I must get on with my work.
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If you have not done as much work or paid as much as you should by a particular time (get …)

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get behind (with)
I got behind becouse I spent too much time on the Internet.
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do and complete something difficult or unpleasent that must be done (get …)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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can’t/couldn’t get over sth

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

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

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get away with

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

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

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get by

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

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

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get around/round

We’ll get around/round it somehow.

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

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get around/round to

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

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

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what you’re getting at?

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

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

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get away with

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

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