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get
Synonyms and Antonyms of get
1
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
get the hang of
2
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
catch, come down (with), contract, go down (with) [chiefly British], sicken (with), take
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to become the father of
4
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
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to come upon after searching, study, or effort
6
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
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
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to eventually have as a state or quality
8
to receive as return for effort
9
to have a clear idea of
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
pick up on
10
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
take hold (of)
11
to leave a place often for another
bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bug off, bug out, bugger off [British slang], buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get off, go, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out
beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
12
to achieve a victory over
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
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
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to transmit information or requests to
get hold of, get in touch with (or keep), touch base (with)
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to put to death deliberately
do away with
15
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
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
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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