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In this lesson, I’m going to teach you phrasal verbs with get
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Get along
Get on with someone
Get away
Get away with
Get back
Get back at someone
Get by
Get over (something or someone)
Get rid of (something/someone)
Get through to (someone)
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Phrasal verbs with GET
Let’s look up the word get.
There are many expressions and words with get and you don’t have to learn them all at once. If you take a quick look at a dictionary entry for the word get you’ll see multiple entries. Get has many meanings and as I said before it is used in many colloquial and informal expressions in English. We are just going to look up 10 phrasal verbs with get.
Get along: to have a good relationship, to manage to live or survive
Example:
The students get along well in class. They have started good friendships.
After I lost my job I’m getting along well. I’m managing to survive.
Get on: with someone: have a good relationship with
It is similar to get along with when we talk about relationships.
Example:
The new manager doesn’t get on with his team. There is a lot of conflict.
Get away: to escape, to run off, to take a break.
Example:
The bank robbers got away with the money. They escaped before the police arrived.
We are getting away for a week. We needed a break from work.
I need to get away from my desk. I need a break!
Get away with doing something successfully that is wrong or bad and you escape the consequences.
Now we are going to add with to get away and we have a new phrasal verb.
He’s been shoplifting for years until he got caught. He couldn’t get away with stealing anymore.
He is getting away with not paying his taxes. When he gets caught he’ll have to pay a heavy fine or even go to prison.
Get back: to return
Example:
The traffic was so bad we couldn’t get back home sooner.
My boss just wanted to get back to work as soon as possible.
Get back at someone (to take revenge on someone)
Example:
She got back at him after she found out the truth .
He’s trying to get back at him because he stole his business idea.
Get by: to barely survive
Example:
They got by with very little money while backpacking.
With low pensions some retired people barely get by.
Get over (something or someone) to recover from
Example:
Breakups are hard. But you’ll get over him. You will recover.
Our star player got over his injury very quickly. He really wanted to recover and play again.
Get rid of (something/someone) remove, throw away
Example:
My car is so old I have to get rid of it. I don’t like to throw away things.
The new employee was not getting along well with his coworkers and causing many problems. The manager had to get rid of the new employee.
Get through to (someone) explain something successfully, to make them understand explain pronunciation of th add pronunciation card
She had to get through to her parents about her career choice. She had a hard time making them understand.
The new science teacher gets through to his students well.
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Review:
Get along to have a good relationship, to manage to live or survive
Get on with someone have a good relationship with someone
Get away to escape, to run off, to take a break.
Get away with doing something successfully that is wrong or bad and you
escape the consequences.
Get back to return
Get back at someone ( revenge)
Get by to barely survive
Get over (something or someone) to recover from
Get rid of (something/someone) remove throw away
Get through to (someone) explain something successfully, to make them understand
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