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1. 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"
   grow  develop  produce  get  acquire 
   
2. 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"
   get  acquire 
   
3. move into a desired direction of discourse
   "What are you driving at?"
   drive  get  aim 
   
4. attract and fix
   "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
   catch  arrest  get 
   
5. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
   "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
   arrive  get  come 
   
6. be a mystery or bewildering to
   "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
   perplex  vex  stick  get  puzzle  mystify  baffle  beat  pose  bewilder  flummox  stupefy  nonplus  gravel  amaze  dumbfound 
   
7. 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!"
   become  go  get 
   
8. make children
   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
   beget  get  engender  father  mother  sire  generate  bring forth 
   
9. 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"; "Let's get down to work now"
   get down  begin  get  start out  start  set about  set out  commence 
   
10. 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"
    bring  get  convey  fetch 
    
11. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
    "Scram!"
    scram  buzz off  fuck off  get  bugger off 
    
12. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
    "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
    get  catch  capture 
    
13. grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
    "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"; "I just don't get him"
    catch  get 
    
14. 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"
    get  catch 
    
15. apprehend and reproduce accurately
    "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
    catch  get 
    
16. suffer from the receipt of
    "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
    catch  get 
    
17. perceive by hearing
    "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
    catch  get 
    
18. 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"
    induce  stimulate  cause  have  get  make 
    
19. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
    contract  take  get 
    
20. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    "He drew a base on balls"
    draw  get 
    
21. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
    experience  receive  have  get 
    
22. 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"
    receive  get  find  obtain  incur 
    
23. take vengeance on or get even
    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
    pay back  pay off  get  fix 
    
24. 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"
    suffer  sustain  have  get 
    
25. 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 millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
    make  get 
    
26. 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"
    get  let  have 
    
27. reach by calculation
    "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
    get 
    
28. 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"
    get 
    
29. overcome or destroy
    "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
    get 
    
30. evoke an emotional response
    "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
    get 
    
31. irritate
    "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
    get  get under one's skin 
    
32. reach and board
    "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
    get 
    
33. receive as a retribution or punishment
    "He got 5 years in prison"
    get  receive 
    
34. achieve a point or goal
    "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
    have  get  make 
    
35. purchase
    "What did you get at the toy store?"
    get 
    
36. acquire as a result of some effort or action
    "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
    get 
    

1. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
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