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Synonyms and Antonyms of gets
- I'm not sure I ever got the new math
apprehends, comprehends, grasps, knows, understands
absorbs, assimilates, digests, drinks (in), imbibes
ascertains, descries, detects, determines, digs up, discerns, discovers, examines, finds out, hears, hits (on or upon), runs down, scares up, searches (for), sees, tracks (down), tumbles (to), unearths
- don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold
catches, comes down (with), contracts, goes down (with) [chiefly British], sickens (with), takes
- Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son
- tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused
blandishes, blarneys, cajoles, coaxes, entreats, exhorts, fast-talks, urges, wheedles
allures, beguiles, leads on, lures, seduces, snows, tempts
inclines, influences, moves, prompts, sells, sways
attracts, draws, entices, interests
chews over, converses, debates, discusses, disputes, hashes (over), moots
- redid the math problem until I got the right answer
- continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me
inflames (also enflames), provokes, rouses
badgers, baits, bullyrags (also ballyrags), devils, hagrides, harasses, harries, pesters, plagues, teases
angers, antagonizes, enrages, incenses, infuriates, maddens, rankles, roils
agitates, discomforts, discomposes, disquiets, distresses, exercises, freaks (out), frets, perturbs, undoes, unhinges, unsettles, upsets, worries
- it's going to get colder as winter approaches
- got an A on his final paper
- she was speaking so fast—did you get what she said?
appreciates, apprehends, assimilates, beholds, catches, catches on (to), cognizes, compasses, comprehends, conceives, cottons (to or on to), deciphers, decodes, digs, discerns, grasps, groks, intuits, knows, makes, makes out, perceives, recognizes, registers, savvies, sees, seizes, senses, tumbles (to), twigs, understands
- the defense tackled the running back and got the ball
- will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation
bails, bails out, books [slang], buggers off [British slang], bugs off, bugs out, buzzes (off), clears off [chiefly British], clears out, cuts out, departs, digs out, exits, gets off, goes, goes off, moves, packs (up or off), parts, peels off, pikes (out or off), pulls out, pushes off, pushes on, quits, runs along, sallies (forth), scarpers [British], shoves (off), steps (along), takes off, vamooses, walks out
beats it, hits the road, pulls stakes (or pulls up stakes), takes a hike (also takes a walk), takes a powder
- you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time
beats, bests, conquers, defeats, dispatches, does down [British], gets around, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), skunks, stops, subdues, surmounts, takes, trims, triumphs (over), upends, wins (against), worsts
edges (out), noses out, pips [British]
annihilates, blows away, blows out, bombs, breaks, buries, clobbers, creams, crushes, drubs, finishes, flattens, overwhelms, routs, shellacs, skins, slaughters, smokes [slang], snows under, thrashes, trounces, upsets, wallops, waxes [slang], whips
caps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeeds
knocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, subjugates, unseats, vanquishes
aces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcends
- I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question
acquaints, advises, apprises, briefs, clues, enlightens, familiarizes, fills in, informs, instructs, notifies, tells, wises (up)
buzzes, calls, phones, rings (up) [chiefly British], telephones
- "I'll get you if you talk to the cops," the loan shark warned
assassinates, bumps off, croaks [slang], dispatches, does in, executes, ices [slang], knocks off, liquidates, murders, neutralizes, offs [slang], puts away, rubs out, slays, snuffs, takes out, terminates, whacks [slang]
- what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing
abashes, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses (or nonplusses), rattles
agitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, stuns, unhinges, unsettles, upsets
beguiles, cozens, deceives, deludes, dupes, fools, gulls, hoaxes, hoodwinks, humbugs, misguides, misleads, snows, strings along, takes in, tricks
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