Get up Get over Get by?
A few months ago you learned some phrasal verbs with look (in changing the preposition after the verb “look”, the meaning changes completely). There are many other verbs that are used in forming phrasal verbs. Here is the second edition of “phrasal verbs” – the bête noire of English language learning! This time with “get.”
Get down to work and learn these phrasal verbs with “get!”
- Get up= to rise; to leave bed.
→ Bill usually gets up at 7 o'clock in the morning.
- Get over = to recover (from an illness, a surprise, a disappointment)
→ John had a cold but he has got over it now and he feels much better.
- Get by (on)= to have enough money to manage
→ As a student, I got by on 25$ a day .
- Get down to = to begin to work on something seriously; to give serious attention to something
→ That's enough chatting. It's time to get down to some serious work!
- Get out of (doing something)= to avoid doing something, especially a duty
→ He always tells his parents he has homework to get out of washing the dishes..
- Get along with= to have a good / friendly relationship with someone
→ Even though there are six of them sharing the house, they all get along well with each other.
- Get on with (something) = to continue to do something; to make progress
→ Listen everyone, it's time to stop talking and get on with our class.
- Get across= to make someone understand something
→ Although I couldn't speak the language, I managed to get my meaning across when necessary.
- Get away with (something) = to do something wrong without punishment
→ The bank robbers got away with robbing the bank. The police never found them.
- Get together = to meet each other
→ Let's get together for lunch one day next week.
Can't wait to progress in English?
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