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verb
  1. 1
    to obtain, receive, or be given something

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    To get something or someone: get, come by, accept, obtain, gain, derive, get together, bring, find... more
    1. a.
      to buy something

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      To buy something: buy, get, purchase, invest in, buy up, import, place, get in, splash out, buy into... more
    2. b.
      to go and bring something back from somewhere else

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      To go somewhere and get something or someone: get, pick up, call for, go for, collect, fetch... more
    3. c.
      to earn or receive an amount of money

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      To earn a particular amount of money: generate, get, get back, gross, net, realize, get together, turn over, make, draw... more
    4. d.
      to obtain information

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      To find out information: find out, read up on, hear of, discover, find, read, collect, get... more
    5. e.
      to start to have an idea or feeling

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      To form an opinion, or to have an idea: measure, come up with, judge, infer, appraise, conceive, hit on, sum up, conceptualize, draw a conclusion/an inference... more
    6. f.
      to start to have an illness or medical condition

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      To have or develop an illness or symptom: suffer, get, contract, come down with, develop, catch, have, afflict, go down with, swim... more
    7. g.
      to obtain a benefit or have a positive feeling when you do something

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      To enjoy something, or to enjoy yourself: like, enjoy, go in for, delight in, savour, revel in, love, have your fun, take/find pleasure in (doing) something, go out... more
    8. h.
      to obtain a particular result

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      To involve, or to be the result of something: result, follow, come out of, ensue, flow from, culminate in, end in, turn out, grow out of, add up to... more
  2. 2
    to start to be in a particular state or have a particular quality

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    Linking verbs: appear, be, become, come over, feel, form, get, go, grow, look... more
    1. a.
      to become: used with past participles to form passives

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      Linking verbs: appear, be, become, come over, feel, form, get, go, grow, look... more
    2. b.
      to cause someone or something to be in a particular state

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      To have an effect: shape, impact, affect, put, interact, get, reverberate, make a difference, come into play, take effect... more
    3. c.
      to put on or take off clothing

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      Linking verbs: appear, be, become, come over, feel, form, get, go, grow, look... more
  10. 10
    spoken to answer the door or telephone

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    Using a telephone: answer, busy, call, call back, call in, call up, caller, cut off, dial, disconnect... more
  13. 13
    to reach someone by telephone

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    Using a telephone: answer, busy, call, call back, call in, call up, caller, cut off, dial, disconnect... more
  14. 14
    to prepare a meal

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    Prepare food for cooking or eating: bake, beat, blanch, blend, bone, butcher, butchery, butter, carve, chill... more

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