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get
Synonyms and Antonyms of get
- I'm not sure I ever got the new math.
get the hang of
- Don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold!
- We tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused.
- I redid the math problem until I got the right answer.
- Continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me.
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on
- It's going to get colder as winter approaches.
- He got an A on his final paper.
- She was speaking so fast—did you get what she said?
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, grasp, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
pick up on
- The defense tackled the running back and got the ball.
take hold (of)
- We hope to get away to the Bahamas for a vacation.
beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
- You may have won this game, but I'll get you next time!
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
get the better of, knock for a loop
- I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question.
get hold of, get in touch with (or keep), touch base (with)
- "I'll get you if you talk to the cops," the loan shark warned.
do away with
- What gets me is why she would do such a weird thing.
abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset
beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
blow one's mind, go to one's head
get
Synonyms and Antonyms of get
- In some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get.
ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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