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Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Example: "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"

• acquire  18

• isolate  7
• get back
• win back
• express  16
• • extract  16
  • press out
  • capture  11
  • catch  12
  • come by
  • come into
  • buy  8
  • purchase  15
  • charter  12
  • engage  8
  • hire  7
  • lease  5
  • rent  4
  • take  8
  • have  10
  • receive  12
  • turn  4
  • buy  8
  • find  8
  • glom  7
  • come upon
  • enter upon
  • luck into
  • come up
  • find  8
  • get hold
  • line up
  • accept  12
  • have  10
  • take  8
  • obtain  8
  • find  8
  • recover  12
  • regain  7
  • retrieve  11
  • catch  12
  • recoup  10
  • recover  12
  • recuperate  14
  • reclaim  11
  • repossess  11
  • find  8
  • regain  7
  • acquire  18
  • gain  5
  • win  6
  • bring in
  • clear  7
  • earn  4
  • gain  5
  • make  10
  • realise  7
  • realize  16
  • earn  4
  • garner  7
  • win  6
  • benefit  12
  • gain  5
  • profit  11
  • partake  13
  • partake in
  • share  8
  • preempt  13
  • preempt  13
  • call for
  • collect  11
  • gather up
  • pick up
  • inherit  10
  • borrow  11
  • pick up
  • get  4
  • poll  6
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Enter or assume a certain state or condition

Example: "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"

• become  12
• go  3

• change state
• turn  4

• sober  7
• sober up
• sober  7
• sober up
• • work  11
  • take effect
  • run  3
  • take  8
  • break  11
  • settle  6
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Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Example: "He got his squad on the ball"

• have  10
• let  3

Receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Example: "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"

• find  8
• incur  7
• obtain  8
• receive  12

• change  12

• take  8

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Example: "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"

• arrive  9
• come  8

• land  5
• set down
• bring down
• land  5
• • land  5
  • set ashore
  • shore  8
  • roll up
  • come  8
  • come in
  • attain  6
  • hit  6
  • reach  10
  • flood in
  • draw in
  • get in
  • move in
  • plump in
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Go or come after and bring or take back

Example: "Get me those books over there, please"

• bring  8
• convey  14
• fetch  13

• channel  12
• channelise  15
• channelize  24
• transfer  11
• transmit  10
• transport  11

• retrieve  11
• retrieve  11
• deliver  11

Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

Example: "Get an idea"

• experience  21
• have  10
• receive  12

• undergo  9

• get  4
• have  10
• suffer  12
• sustain  7
• • take  8
  • horripilate  16
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Take vengeance on or get even

Example: "We'll get them!"

• fix  13
• pay back
• pay off

Achieve a point or goal

Example: "Nicklaus had a 70"

• have  10
• make  10

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Example: "The ads induced me to buy a vcr"

• cause  7
• have  10
• induce  9
• make  10
• stimulate  11

• decide  10
• persuade  11
• bring  8
• solicit  9
• • encourage  12
  • let  3
  • lead  5
  • inspire  9
  • instigate  10
  • prompt  12
  • suborn  8
  • compel  12
  • obligate  11
  • oblige  9
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Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

Example: "We finally got the suspect"

• capture  11
• catch  12

• clutch  13
• prehend  13
• seize  14

• recapture  13
• retake  10
• lasso  5
• rope  6

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Example: "He grew a beard"

• acquire  18
• develop  13
• grow  8
• produce  12

• change  12

• feather  13
• fledge  11
• regrow  10
• spring  9
• • sprout  8
  • stock  11
  • stool  5
  • tiller  6
  • leaf  7
  • pod  6
  • teethe  9
  • pupate  10
  • get up
  • work up
  • cut  5
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Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Example: "He got aids"

• contract  12
• take  8

• come down
• sicken  12

• catch  12

Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

Example: "Bill called this number and he got mary"

Give certain properties to something

Example: "Get someone mad"

• make  10

• alter  5
• change  12
• modify  15

• render  7
• get  4
• have  10
• let  3
• • leave  8
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Move into a desired direction of discourse

Example: "What are you driving at?"

• aim  5
• drive  9

Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

Example: "Did you catch that allusion?"

• catch  12

Attract and fix

Example: "His look caught her"

• arrest  6
• catch  12

Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

Example: "The rock caught her in the back of the head"

• catch  12

Reach by calculation

Example: "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

Acquire as a result of some effort or action

Example: "You cannot get water out of a stone"

Purchase

Example: "What did you get at the toy store?"

Perceive by hearing

Example: "I didn't catch your name"

• catch  12

Suffer from the receipt of

Example: "She will catch hell for this behavior!"

• catch  12

Receive as a retribution or punishment

Example: "He got 5 years in prison"

• receive  12

Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

Example: "Scram!"

• buzz off
• scram  9

Reach and board

Example: "She got the bus just as it was leaving"

Irritate

Example: "Her childish behavior really get to me"

• get under one's skin

Evoke an emotional response

Example: "Brahms's `requiem' gets me every time"

Apprehend and reproduce accurately

Example: "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"

• catch  12

Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

Example: "He drew a base on balls"

• draw  8

Overcome or destroy

Example: "The ice storm got my hibiscus"

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: "This beats me!"

• amaze  16
• baffle  14
• beat  6
• bewilder  14
• dumbfound  18
• flummox  21
• gravel  10
• mystify  18
• nonplus  9
• perplex  18
• pose  6
• puzzle  26
• stick  11
• stupefy  15
• vex  13

• bedevil  13
• befuddle  15
• confound  14
• confuse  12
• discombobulate  23
• fox  13
• fuddle  11
• throw  11

• stump  9
• riddle  8
• elude  6
• escape  10

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Example: "We began working at dawn"

• begin  8
• commence  16
• get down
• set about
• set out
• start  5
• start out

• recommence  18
• strike out
• fall  7
• jump off
• • get to
  • auspicate  13
  • attack  12
  • launch  11
  • plunge  9
  • embark  14
  • enter  5
  • bestir oneself
  • get cracking
  • get going
  • get moving
  • get rolling
  • get started
  • get weaving
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Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Example: "She suffered a fracture in the accident"

• have  10
• suffer  12
• sustain  7

• experience  21
• get  4
• have  10
• receive  12

• break down
• collapse  12
• cramp  11
• break up
• • collapse  12
  • crock up
  • stress  6
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Make (offspring) by reproduction

Example: "Abraham begot isaac"

• beget  8
• bring forth
• engender  10
• father  12
• generate  9
• mother  11
• sire  4