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To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

(ditransitive) to obtain; to acquire.

Example: "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

To receive.

Example: "He got a severe reprimand for that."

(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) to have. see usage notes.

Example: "I've got a concert ticket for you."

To fetch, bring, take.

Example: "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

To become, or cause oneself to become.

Example: "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

To cause to become; to bring about.

Example: "I can't get these boots off (or on)."

To cause to do.

Example: "I can't get it to work."

To cause to come or go or move.

Example: "I got him to his room."

To cause to be in a certain status or position.

Example: "Get him here at once."

(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) to adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

Example: "I'm getting into a muddle."

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

Example: "To get a mile"

To begin (doing something or to do something).

Example: "After lunch we got chatting."

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

Example: "I normally get the 7:45 train."

To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

Example: "Can you get that call, please? i'm busy."

(followed by infinitive) to be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

Example: "Great. i get to clean the toilets today."

To understand. (compare get it)

Example: "I don't get what you mean by "fun". this place sucks!"

To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

Example: ""you look just like helen mirren." / "i get that a lot.""

To be. used to form the passive of verbs.

Example: "He got bitten by a dog."

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

Example: "I went on holiday and got malaria."

To catch out, trick successfully.

Example: "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

To perplex, stump.

Example: "That question's really got me."

To find as an answer.

Example: "What did you get for question four?"

To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

Example: "I'm gonna get him for that."

To hear completely; catch.

Example: "Sorry, i didn't get that. could you repeat it?"

To getter.

Example: "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

To beget (of a father).

To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Example: "To get a lesson;  to get out one's greek lesson"

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Example: "Get her with her new hairdo."

To go, to leave; to scram.

To kill.

Example: "They’re coming to get you, barbara."

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

To measure.

Example: "Did you get her temperature?"