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[get carried away with] See: CARRY AWAY.

[get couthed up] , To get oneself dressed up neatly and look elegant and presentable. * /What are you getting all couthed up for?/ (This derives from "uncouth" ("outlandish, ill-mannered") by leaving off the prefix "un-".)

[get cracking] , , To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative). * /Come on, you guys, let's get cracking!/ (Let's hurry up!) Compare: GET GOING 2.

[get credit for] To be given points of merit, recognition, or praise for labor or intellectual contribution. * /Our firm got a lot of credit for developing parts of the space shuttle./ Contrast: GIVE CREDIT FOR.

[get one down] , 1. To make (someone) unhappy; cause low spirits; cause discouragement. * /Low grades are getting Helen down./ * /Three straight losses got the team down./ 2. To swallow; digest. * /The medicine was so bitter I couldn't get it down./ 3. To depress a person's spirit. * /Working at such an awful job got Mike down./

[get down cold] To memorize perfectly. * /Terry got the text of his speech down cold./

[get down off your high horse] See: OFF ONE'S HIGH HORSE.

[get down to] , To get started on, being on. * /Joe wasted a lot of time before he got down to work./ * /Let's get down to work./ Compare: GET AT(3), GET GOING, GET TO.

[get down to brass tacks] also [get down to cases] , To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know. * /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks./ * /A busy doctor wants his patients to get down to brass tacks./

[get down to business] or [work] To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. * /Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business./

[get down to work] See: GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

[get even] , 1. To owe nothing. * /Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even./ 2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back. * /Jack is waiting to get even with Bill for tearing up his notebook./ * /Last April First Mr. Harris got fooled by Joe, and this year he will get even./ Compare: GET BACK AT.

[get going] , 1. To excite; stir up and make angry. * /The boys' teasing gets John going./ * /Talking about her freckles gets Mary going./ 2. or [get cracking] To begin to move; get started. * /The teacher told Walter to get going on his history lesson./ * /The foreman told the workmen to get cracking./ * /Let's get going. It's almost supper time./ Compare: GET DOWN TO, STEP LIVELY.

[get gray hair] or [get gray] , To become old or gray from worrying; become very anxious or worried. - Often used with "over". * /"If John doesn't join the team, I won't get gray hair over it," the coach said./ * /Naughty children are why mothers get gray./ Compare: GIVE GRAY HAIR.

[get his or hers] To receive one's proper reward or punishment. * /Tim will get his when his wife finds out that he's been seeing other women./

[get hitched] To get married. * /After a long period of dating, Fred and Mary finally got hitched./

[get hold of] 1. To get possession of. * /Little children sometimes get hold of sharp knives and cut themselves./ 2. To find a person so you can speak with him. * /Mr. Thompson spent several hours trying to get hold of his lawyer./

[get in] 1. To be admitted. * /Andy wants to go to medical school but his grades aren't good enough for him to get in./ 2. To arrive. * /What time does the plane from New York get in?/ 3. To enter. * /"Get in the car, and let's go," Tom said in a hurry./ 4. To put in stock; receive. * /The store just got in a new shipment of shoes from China./

[get in on] To be permitted to participate; become privy to; be included. * /This is your chance to get in on a wonderful deal with the new company if you're willing to make an investment./

[get in on the ground floor] To be one of the first members or employees to participate in the growth of a firm, educational institution, etc. * /Elliott got in on the ground floor and made a fortune at the company./ * /Mr. Smith who joined the new college as an instructor, got in on the ground floor, and wound up as its president after twenty years./

[get in on the] or [one's act] To do something because others are engaged in the same act; join others. * /John's business is succeeding so well that both of his brothers want to get in on the act./

[get in one's hair] See: IN ONE'S HAIR.

[get in one's way] See: IN ONE'S WAY.

[get into] See: BE INTO SOMETHING.

[get into line] To cooperate; conform. * /The maverick members of the party were advised to get into line unless they wanted to be expelled./ Contrast: OUT OF LINE.

[get in touch with] See: IN TOUCH.

[get involved with] See: BE INVOLVED WITH.

[get in with] To join up with; begin to associate with; be accepted by. * /He got in with the wrong gang of boys and wound up in jail./ * /She got in with her father's firm and made a successful career of it./

[get in wrong] To incur the anger or dislike of someone; come into disfavor. * /Although he means well, Fred is always getting in wrong with someone at the office./

[get it] 1. See: CATCH IT. 2. To understand; comprehend; grasp. * /"I can't get it," John said. "Why do you spend so much on clothes."/

[get it all together] 1. To be in full possession and control of one's mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. * /You've sure got it all together, haven't you?/ 2. Retaining one's self-composure under pressure. * /A few minutes after the burglars left he got it all together and called the police./ 3. To be well built, stacked (said of girls and women.) * /Sue's sure got it all together, hasn't she?/

[get it in the neck] See: CATCH IT IN THE NECK.

[get it] or [something in] or [into one's head] To become possessed of an idea; develop a fixed idea. * /Jack got it into his head to become a marine and nothing we could say would make him change his mind./

[get lost] , Go away! - Used as a command. * /Get lost! I want to study./ * /John told Bert to get lost./ Compare: DROP DEAD.

[get mixed up] See: MIXED UP.

[get next to] See: BE CLOSE TO.

[get off] 1. To come down from or out of. * /The ladder fell, and Tom couldn't get off the roof./ * /The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off./ 2. To take off. * /Joe's mother told him to get his wet clothes off./ 3. To get away; leave. * /Mr. Johnson goes fishing whenever he can get off from work./ * /William got off early in the morning./ 4. To go free. * /Mr. Andrews got off with a $5 fine when he was caught passing a stop sign./ 5. To make (something) go. * /The halfback got off a lung pass./ * /John got a letter off to his grandmother./ 6. To tell. * /The governor got off several jokes at the beginning of his speech./

[get off cheap] 1. To receive a lesser punishment than one deserves. * /Ted could have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison; he got off cheap by receiving a reduced sentence of five years./ 2. To pay less than the normal price. * /If you had your car repaired for only $75, you got off cheap./ Contrast: GET AWAY WITH.

[get off easy] , To have only a little trouble; escape something worse. * /The children who missed school to go to the fair got off easy./ * /John got off easy because it was the first time he had taken his father's car without permission./

[get off it] See: COME OFF IT.

[get off one's back] , , To stop criticizing or nagging someone. * /"Get off my back! Can't you see how busy I am?"/

[get off one's case] or [back] or [tail] To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. * /"Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."/ Contrast: ON ONE'S CASE.

[get off one's chest] See: OFF ONE'S CHEST.

[get off one's tail] , To get busy, to start working. * /OK you guys! Get off your tails and get cracking!/

[get off on the wrong foot] To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. * /Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn't like it./

[get off the ground] , To make a successful beginning; get a good start; go ahead; make progress. * /Our plans for a party didn't get off the ground because no one could come./

[get off the hook] See: OFF THE HOOK.

[get off to a flying] or [running start] To have a promising or successful beginning. * /Ron got off to a flying start in business school when he got nothing but A's./

[get on] or [get onto] , 1. To speak to (someone) roughly about something he did wrong; blame; scold. * /Mrs. Thompson got on the girls for not keeping their rooms clean./ * /The fans got on the new shortstop after he made several errors./ Syn.: JUMP ON. 2. See: GET ALONG. 3. To grow older. * /Work seems harder these days; I'm getting on, you know./

[get one's] See: GET WHAT'S COMING TO ONE.

[get one's back up] , To become or make angry or stubborn. * /Fred got his back up when I said he was wrong./ * /Our criticisms of his actions just got his hack up./

[get one's brains fried] , , 1. To sit in the sun and sunbathe for an excessive length of time. * /Newcomers to Hawaii should be warned not to sit in the sun too long - they'll get their brains fried./ 2. To get high on drugs. * /He can't make a coherent sentence anymore - he's got his brains fried./

[get one's dander up] or [get one's Irish up] To become or make angry. * /The boy got his dander up because he couldn't go to the store./ * /The children get the teacher's dander up when they make a lot of noise./ Compare: BLOW A FUSE.

[get one's ducks in a row] , To get everything ready. * /The scoutmaster told the boys to get their ducks in a row before they went to camp./ * /Mr. Brown got his ducks in a row for his trip./ Compare: LINE UP.

[get one's feet on the ground] See: FEET ON THE GROUND.

[get one's feet wet] , To begin; do something for the first time. * /The party was at Bill's house and when Ruth and I got there the party had already started. "Jump right in and don't be afraid to get your feet wet," said Bill./ * /"It's not hard to dance once you get your feet wet," said the teacher./

[get one's fingers burned] See: BURN ONE'S FINGERS.

[get one's foot in the door] See: FOOT IN THE DOOR.

[get one's goat] , To make a person disgusted or angry. * /The boy's laziness all summer got his father's goat./ * /The slow service at the cafe got Mr. Robinson's goat./

[get one's hands on] See: LAY ONE'S HANDS ON.

[get one's number] or [have one's number] , To find out or know what kind of person somebody is. * /The boys soon had the new student's number./ * /The girls got their new roommate's number the first week of school./

[get one's rear in gear] , To hurry up, to get going. * /I'm gonna have to get my rear in gear./

[get one's second wind] See: SECOND WIND.

[get one's teeth into] or [sink one's teeth into] , To have something real or solid to think about; go to work on seriously; struggle with. * /After dinner, John got his teeth into the algebra lesson./ * /Frank chose a subject for his report that he could sink his teeth into./

[get one's tongue] See: CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE.

[get on in years] See: ALONG IN YEARS.

[get on one's good side] To gain the favor of someone; flatter or please another. * /A clever lobbyist knows how to get on the good side of both the House of Representatives and the Senate./

[get on one's nerves] To make you nervous. * /John's noisy eating habits get on your nerves./ * /Children get on their parents' nerves by asking so many questions./

[get on the ball] See: ON THE BALL.

[get on the bandwagon] See: JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON.