Get

Definition: Get

Get

Verb

1. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work".

2. Enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!".

3. Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble".

4. Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions".

5. Reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight".

6. Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat".

7. Of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling".

8. Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him".

9. Achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day".

10. : cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa".

11. : succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?".

12. : come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts".

13. : be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill".

14. : communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake".

15. : give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear".

16. : move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".

17. : grasp with the mind; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; " don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?" "She didn't get the joke".

18. : attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter".

19. : reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach".

20. : reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?".

21. : get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long".

22. : acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?".

23. : purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?".

24. : perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time".

25. : suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!".

26. : receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison".

27. : leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".

28. : reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving".

29. : irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me".

30. : evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time".

31. : apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs".

32. : in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls".

33. : overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish".

34. : be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!".

35. : take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day".

36. : undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle".

37. : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "get" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Aerospace

Literature

Slang in 1811

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

GET

GET

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Get

Acquisition

Verb: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect; (assemble); pick, pickup; glean.

Assemblage

Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Continuance in action

Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.

Production

Make productive; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up.

Crosswords: Get

Icelandic (Can), Pidgin English (to get), Swedish (goat, nanny goat, she-goat).

Stifler get off (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

All I did was party and get laid (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

So, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Enjoy it. Most of us never get to know what it feels like (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Get ready for this, mind your own biz (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

But if you wanna get down, baby, it's cool (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

Guess I'll get dressed and do the town (Can't Get Used To Losing You; performing artist: Andy Williams)

And I must get it back right away (Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again; performing artist: BARRY MANILOW)

How I'll ever get out of this I don't know (I Get Weak; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle)

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. (references; author: Mark Twain)

May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. (references; author: Irish Proverb)

The older I get, the older old is. (references; author: unknown)

Man who run behind car get exhausted. (references; author: unknown)

It's only unethical if you get caught. (references; author: unknown)

Get Christie Love! (1974)

Give to Get (1971)

I'm Going to Get You... Elliot Boy (1971)

Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are (1970)

You'll Get Into Trouble Ira (1970)

GET AWAY (performing artist: WIND & FIRE EARTH)

I GET A FEELIN'  (performing artist: Four Tops )

GET OFF (performing artist: FOXY)

Get Down (performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX  (performing artist: Glen Campbell )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• GET GROUP PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 101 Ways to Flirt: How to Get More Dates and Meet Your Mate (reference)

• Get with the Program Daily Journal (reference)

• Get Fuzzy 2003 Block Calendar: Scratch-A-Day (reference)

• Buying and Selling Antiques: A Dealer Shows How to Get into the Business (reference)

• Debunking the Designated Decoy: Get to the truth in your organization! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Get Outside (reference)

• Get Real Comics (reference)

• Get Rhythm (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Get A Life Vol. 2 (reference)

• Denise Austin - Get Fit Fast - Legs & Buns (reference)

• Sesame Street - Get Up and Dance (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Get Down! (reference)

• Get With Me (reference)

• When I Get You Alone [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• No Rules: Get Phat (reference)

• Get It Back (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• 10PC COOKSET MIRRO GET A GRIP (reference)

• Revlon RV490 Get Quiet 1875-Watt Dryer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Shown is a breast being compressed to get the optimum mammographic image. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis causes plague in animals and humans. People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium, or by handling an infected animal. Credit: CDC.

Normally occurring in the nasal passages, at times, staphylococci can get into the body and cause an infection, which can be minor such as pimples, boils, and other skin conditions, or serious and sometimes fatal such as blood infections or pneumonia. Credit: CDC.

Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute huddle around monitors to get a glimpse ... Credit: NASA.

Photograph of Nazi submariner foot trying to get out of submarine escape hatch Office of Strategic Services project to find sunken vessels with new technology Ray Tryon and John O. Phillips worked off USCGC GENTIAN in 1944 Example of early surface controlled ocean bottom photography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Camp cook roasts the boar and all hands get barbecued pork. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Boy, does it get foggy around here. I think I saw a cruise ship out there somewhere!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Chief Boatswain Strydr Nutting slings the psychrometer to get wet and dry bulb temperatures. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Yeah, the buoy made it over the side. Now let's see if we can get this current meter in the water. Gulf Stream eddy studies from the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Fisheries.

AH! It's great to get out into the solitude and wilds for a little angling!. Credit: Fisheries.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if there be any original defects, or adventitious ones introduced by time, or corruption; it is not an easy thing to get them changed, even when all the world sees there is an opportunity for it. (Second Treatise of Government)

And how does the bourgeoisie get over these crises? On the one hand inforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Were he ever able to get away, the day would be spent in coming and returning

You can be civil to them, while I get the tickets

"This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Lucky are they who can get near them

less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true

Stephen felt his own face red too, thinking of all the bets about who would get first place in elements, Jack Lawton or he.

Eugene: You don't get too far talking to Laurie

Get a shot off fast

We got to get off.

That I left it to get riches, whereby I might maintain myself and family when I should return

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Get plenty to drink. (references)

Get regular checkups. (references)

Any mammal can get rabies. (references)

Business

This has helped Fischer get more clients. (references)

Household users may get reductions of 10-15 percent. (references)

To work in Poland a foreigner must get a work permit. (references)

Children

Brazil

Millions of children continue to suffer from the poverty afflicting their families, must work to survive, and fail to get an education. (references)

Iraq

In contrast mortality rates for children under 5 years old in the Kurdish-controlled north dropped in the period between 1994 and 1999. The Special Rapporteur criticized the Government for "letting innocent people suffer while [it] maneuvered to get sanctions lifted." Had the Government not waited 5 years to adopt the oil-for-food program in 1996, he stated in October 1999, "millions of innocent people would have avoided serious and prolonged suffering." For the 8th, the Government held 3-week training courses in weapons use, hand-to-hand fighting, rappelling from helicopters, and infantry tactics for children between 10 and 15 years of age. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Passports increasingly are easy to get. (references)

Economic History

Norway

It is looking, however to get more for its money. (references)

Venezuela

Correspondence in English is unlikely to get a response. (references)

Colombia

Under Law 80, Colombian bidders get preferential treatment. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

The second firm appealed to the MVD to get their money back. (references)

China

The best that a defense attorney generally can do for a client is to get a sentence mitigated. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In certain cases, law enforcement officers may carry out a search first and then get approval within 24 hours. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

Products can get "caught up" in customs because of minor errors in paperwork. (references)

VENEZUELA

Exporters can also get a rebate of the 14.5 percent wholesale tax levied on imported inputs. (references)

West Bank

The USG is committed to doing everything it can to get the two side to end the violence and get back to the negotiating table. (references)

Trade

Mexico

Open account is a relatively secure method to get paid for once a business relationship has been established. (references)

Argentina

For more information and to get on their mailing list, log on to www.exim.gov to fill out an information form. (references)

Czech Rep

These first-stage grants -- that can go as high as $1 million -- are often the best way to get a major project moving. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

However, you get what you pay for. (references)

Sweden

Swedish workers do get 5 weeks of vacation each year. (references)

Korea

It is relatively easy to get to Korea from the United States. (references)

Women

Poland

The pension law requires mandatory earlier retirement for women at age 60 (age 65 for men), and as a result women get approximately 60 percent of the average pension that men receive. (references)

Pakistan

Police sometimes accept bribes from the accused rapist to get the victim to drop a case; however, in other cases, police will request bribes from the victim to pursue the case against the accused rapist. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

In many areas, friends or acquaintances approach young women and offer them help to get good jobs abroad. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "get": all get out ♦ be able to get down ♦ be desperate to get ♦ caught up in trivia/to get ♦ did you get me? ♦ do you get me ♦ do you get me? ♦ don't get dirty! ♦ don't get excited! ♦ don't get into a flap ♦ don't get me started ♦ don't get rattled! ♦ don't get vexed about it! ♦ get a bad name ♦ get a ball out of smth. ♦ get a bashing ♦ get a beating ♦ get a blow ♦ get a charge out of ♦ get a chill ♦ get a cold ♦ get a diploma ♦ get a disease ♦ get a divorce ♦ get a doctor ♦ get a ducking ♦ get a firm footing ♦ get a fix on ♦ get a foothold ♦ get a footing in society ♦ get a fright ♦ get a girl into a trouble ♦ get a glimpse of ♦ get a good position ♦ get a good sousing ♦ get a grip ♦ get a grip on ♦ get a grip on oneself ♦ get a grip on yourself! ♦ get a haircut ♦ get a hanging ♦ get a hard on ♦ get a head ♦ get a headache ♦ get a hitch ♦ get a hold ♦ get a hold of ♦ get a hold of smth. ♦ get a job ♦ get a job by push ♦ get a job through backstairs influence ♦ get a kick out of ♦ get a kick out of doing smth. ♦ get a leg in ♦ get a license for ♦ get a life ♦ get a life! ♦ get a light ♦ get a light from smb.'s cigarette ♦ get a line ♦ get a line on ♦ get a living ♦ get a load of this! ♦ get a load off one's chest ♦ get a look ♦ get a matter square ♦ get a meal ready ♦ get a middle age ♦ get a move on ♦ get a move on! ♦ get a new angle on smth. ♦ get a new post ♦ get a noseful ♦ get a one ♦ get a panic ♦ get a pass ♦ get a pass in ♦ get a peep ♦ get a place ♦ get a present ♦ get a promotion ♦ get a raise ♦ get a raw deal ♦ get a real computer! ♦ get a rise out of smb. ♦ get a scolding ♦ get a season ticket ♦ get a setdown ♦ get a shave ♦ get a smattering of knowledge ♦ get a smile ♦ get a splinter ♦ get a start ♦ get a tan ♦ get a trashing ♦ get a very bad deal ♦ get a whiff ♦ get a word in edgeways ♦ get a yen ♦ get aboard ♦ get aboard!. Additional references.

Beginning with "get": get-acquainted, get-ahead, get-at-able, get-at-table, get-away, get-away-from-it-all, get-away-from-only-a-bit-of-it, get-even, get-in, get-in-touch, get-like, get-on-with-it, get-our, get-out, get-out-of-me, get-out-of-my-way-i-haven't-a-moment-to-spare, get-outs, get-overable, Get-penny, get-rich, get-rich-quick, get-the-beers-in, get-the-government-off-our-backs, get-together, get-togethers, get-tough, get-up, get-up-and-go, get-up-and-jig, get-well, get-well card, get-well-soon, get-you-down, get-you-out-of-trouble.

Ending with "get": hard-to-get.

Containing "get": Ap-ono-get-on, member-get-member.

Afrikaans

neem (accept, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, receive, take, take in), arriveer (arrive, end up), behaal (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, obtain, reach, win), bekom (have, receive), beland (arrive, end up), aankom (arrive, end up), kry (have, receive), word (become, come about, grow, happen, is), ontvang (have, receive), oppik (lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, take), optel (lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, take), raak (become, come about, grow, happen), vat (captivate, capture, catch, grapple, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, start off, take), verwerf (achieve, acquire, attain, obtain), bereik (accomplish, achieve, attain, range, reach), presteer (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), aanland (arrive, end up), ontbied (send for). (various references)

Albanian

gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace), kuptoj (apprehend, catch, comprehend, cotton on, fathom, figure out, find, gather, grasp, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick out, Pierce, see, see through, sense, take, take in, twig on, understand), bëhem (become, fly into, grow, make, ripen, wax), bëj të (determine, start), bezdis (bore, displease, grate, Harrow, hassle, importune, inconvenience, nag, peeve, persecute, pester, press, pursue, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex), bind (assure, bring, bring over, convince, expostulate, get round, induce, lead, make smb. listen to reason, outrun, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, reassure, remonstrate, rub in), duhet (behoove, have to, it's necessary, must, need, ought, would), filloj (begin, come, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, fall to, get down, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, set about, set in, set to, set up, start, strike up), fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win), jam (be, be present, exist), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, dispatch, do away with, drop, finish, finish off, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, slay, stab, stone to death, waste, zap), mërrij (arrive, end up), mërzit (annoy, badger, bore, bother, cloy, disgruntle, dissatisfy, nag, peeve, pester, plague, turn sour, vex), marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), marr vesh (arrange, be conscious, catch, discover, find out, get into, hear, hear from, know, learn, penetrate, see, twig, understand), mbërrij (appear, arrive, come, draw in, show up, turn up), nis (begin, break, bring, commence, despatch, dispatch, enter, enter on, get round, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start, take up), përgatit (coach, compose, concoct, cook up, dispense, dress, fit, fit up, get ready, get up, make, make ready, make up, mix up, mobilize, prepare, produce, qualify, stage-manage, train), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, smite, strike, switch), shkoj (be, befit, call on, come round, destine, elapse, go, go by, ride, step, thread, trace, tread, visit, wend), kam (bear, carry, enjoy, have, keep, own, possess). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاز ب, ‏فاز (achieve, attain, be successful, beat, defeat, gain, obtain, overcome, prevail, succeed, triumph over, win, win out), ‏كسب (acquire, acquiring, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏هيأ (adapt, arm, dress, fix, gear, make, predestine, prepare, ready), ‏نال (acquire, attain, carve, coax, come by, gain, get the best of, take, win), ‏حيز (beat, room, space), ‏حصل (acquire, angle, obtain, procure, secure), ‏زار (call on, pay a visit, round, see, see over, skim, travel, visit), ‏صير فى حالة, ‏جلب (bring, fetch), ‏إنتقم من (fix, get at smb.), ‏أصاب (bilge, blast, come, hit, infect, inflict, pick off, shoot, strike), ‏أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work). (various references)

Asturian

vistise (to get dressed). (various references)

Aymara

jurichaña (to get wet), jak'achaña (to get close), isisiña (to get dressed). (various references)

Basque

jaitsi (descend to, get down to, go down to), erdietsi (get to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

накарвам (bounce, have, make, move, predetermine, prevail, send), доставям (accommodate, afford, furnish, give, haul, heel, provide, purvey, rustle up, supply), изкарвам (be through, dislodge, fare, fetch, finish, get through, make, oust, pass through, run off, serve), изтръгвам (elicit, extort, milk, pull out, rip out, root from, snatch, tear out, uproot, wrench, wrest, yank), печеля (earn, gain, harvest, profit, pull down, realize, score, take in, win), получавам (derive, gain, have, obtain, receive, touch, turn), почвам да, постигам (accomplish, achieve, acquire, come, compass, effect, effectuate, notch up, reach, realize, secure, turn, turn in, work out), придобивам (acquire, contract, harvest, have, pick up, purchase, take on, work up), добивам (acquire, assume, extract, fetch, mine, obtain, start, win), намирам (be found, detect, discover, find, fit in, found, hit, hunt out, judge, land, locate, look up, raise, regard, root out, root up, run down, rustle up, scare up, secure, see, strike, track down, turn up), схващам (apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, discover, get a hold of, grasp, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), отивам да взема (call for, fetch, pick up), вземам (borrow, cover, fetch, got, gotten, levy, load, partake, pick up, pot, retake, take, take away, take in, take up), купувам (book, bought, buy, cop, deal, invest, pick up, purchase, trade), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), улавям (catch, catch out, clutch, detect, entrap, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, mesh, pick up), улучвам (connect, grass, hit, hit the right nail on the head), ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get up, grow, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), заставям (cause, coerce, compel, will). (various references)

Catalan

rebre (have, receive), obtenir (have, receive), buscar (fetch, pick up). (various references)

Cebuano

mag-ilis (to get dressed). (various references)

Chamorro

para man minagagu (to get dressed). (various references)

Chinese 

受到 (be given, receive, suffer), 得到 (GETS, Getting, Got, Gotten), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, gain, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to). (various references)

Croatian

dobiti. (