get it

phrase

: to receive a scolding or punishment

Examples of get it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gizelle might’ve been spared the shade at the drag show, but Lisa Wu gets it head-on as Nene goes on about how inconsequential both the slip-up and Lisa’s feelings about it are. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Detectives are investigating who the gun belongs to and how the child got it. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026

Mother bears like Electra will teach their cubs about safe places to build dens, where and when to find food, and how to get it. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

Miller officially got it Thursday, in exchange for a percentage of his company. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for get it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit