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to come to have gradually<from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day>— see develop 2
2
to receive as return for effort<acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friendsʼ house just as they were sitting down to dinner>— see earn 1
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