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Common
verb
•
To
obtain
; to
acquire
.
•
To
receive
.
•
To have. See
usage
notes
.
•
To
fetch
,
bring
, take.
•
To become, or
cause
oneself
to become.
•
To
cause
to become; to
bring about
.
•
To
cause
to do.
•
To
cause
to come
or go or
move
.
•
To
adopt
,
assume
,
arrive at
, or
progress
towards (a certain
position
,
location
,
state
).
•
To
cover
(a certain
distance
) while
travelling
.
•
To
begin
(doing something or to do something).
•
To take or
catch
(a
scheduled
transportation
service
).
•
To
respond
to (a
telephone call
, a
doorbell
, etc).
•
To be able, be
permitted
, or have the
opportunity
(to do something
desirable
or
ironically
implied
to be
desirable
).
•
To
understand
. (compare
get it
)
•
To be
told
; be the
recipient
of (a
question
,
comparison
,
opinion
, etc.).
•
To be. Used to form the
passive
of
verbs
.
•
To become
ill
with or
catch
(a
disease
).
•
To
catch out
,
trick
successfully
.
•
To
perplex
,
stump
.
•
To
find
as an
answer
.
•
To
bring to
reckoning
; to
catch
(as a
criminal
); to
effect
retribution
.
•
To
hear
completely
;
catch
.
•
To
getter
.
•
To
beget
(of a
father
).
•
To
learn
; to
commit to memory
; to
memorize
; sometimes with out.
•
Used with a
personal pronoun
to
indicate
that someone is being
pretentious
or
grandiose
.
•
To go
, to
leave
; to
scram
.
•
To
kill
.
•
To make
acquisitions
; to
gain
; to
profit
.
•
To
measure
.
noun
•
Offspring
.
•
Lineage
.
•
In Sports & Tennis:
A
difficult
return
or
block
of a
shot
.
•
Something
gained
; an
acquisition
.
•
In British English & Regional English:
A
git
.
•
In Judaism:
A
Jewish
writ
of
divorce
.
•
In Tribes:
A
member
of the
Getae
.
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cuvette
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ladette
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coquette
grisette
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moquette
underlet
martinet
cassette
underset
gauntlet
vignette
chavette
anisette
toilette
statuette
brochette
couchette
serviette
cigarette
croquette
midinette
courgette
wincyette
soubrette
novelette
majorette
stockinet
poussette
banquette
enucleate
pirouette
ambulette
lorgnette
gingerette
blanquette
lansquenet
marionette
maisonette
scromlette
winceyette
leaderette
sermonette
planchette
collarette
silhouette
mignonette
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suffragette
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flannelette
launderette
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vinaigrette
kitchenette
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English
geten
Middle English (1100-1500)
geta
Old Norse
גט
Hebrew
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