Uo#phrasal verbs_get

Question 1

get at

Answer 1

suggest / imply

I can’t see what you are getting at. Could you be a bit more specific?

Question 2

get away with

Answer 2

escape punishments

So, he’s finally been arrested for fraud. I’m surprised he got away with it for so long.

Question 3

get by

Answer 3

manage

Frankly, I don’t know how he gets by on the small amount he earns.

Question 4

get down

Answer 4

depress

The job itself is all paid and interesting, but commuting to the city every day really gets me down

Question 5

get on

Answer 5

be on friendly terms

Considering how little they have in common it’s surprisong how well they get on together.

Question 6

get out of

Answer 6

avoid

He nearly always manage to get out of doing the heavy work by pretending he had a bad back.

Question 7

get over

Answer 7

recover from

How’s your mother? Has she get over her operation yet?

Question 8

get round to

Answer 8

find time for

I’ve been so busy that I just haven’t got round to answering your letter

Question 9

get through

Answer 9

make contact (phone)
Did your phone your solicitor? No, I could't get trough, the line was busy.