Lesson 131

Lesson 131

'Get'- in Phrasal Verbs

They are not easy to study, but let's take  the main meanings to help you begin to learn phrasal verbs with get.

get about	be socially active	Tom really gets about, doesn't he?
get at	mean something	I'm trying to get at the truth.
get ahead	be successful	It's very difficult to get ahead nowadays.
get away	escape	The thief got away from the police.
get back	recover or retrieve	I got my books back from Tom.
get by	To survive financially	Sally gets by on just $1,000 a month.
get in	enter a car, train etc.	Come on, get in! Let's go.
get into	be accepted	He got into the university of his choice.
get off	exit from a train, bus etc.	Jerry got off at 52nd Street.
get on with	have a good relationship with	I really get on well with Janet.
get out	leave	I got out of class at 3.30.
get over	recover from an illness or bad occurrence	He got over his operation very quickly.
get through	succeed in an examination, test etc.	That was a difficult test to get through, wasn't it?
get up	get out of bed	I got up at 7 this morning.