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get
Synonyms and Antonyms of get
- I'm not sure I ever got the new math
- don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold
catch, come down (with), contract, go down (with) [chiefly British], sicken (with), take
- tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused
- 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
- 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?
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
- the defense tackled the running back and got the ball
- will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation
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
- you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time
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
- I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question
- "I'll get you if you talk to the cops," the loan shark warned
- 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
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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