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[1] |
obtain
,
secure
,
acquire
,
come by/into (the) possession of
,
procure
,
pick up
,
collect
,
buy
,
purchase
,
book
,
retain
,
hire
,
engage
,
rent
,
lease
,
accede to
,
inherit
,
fall heir to
,
succeed to
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[2] |
receive
,
acquire
,
be given
,
come by
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[3] |
earn
,
become
,
go
,
receive
,
realize
,
make
,
take
,
gross
,
clear
,
net
,
pocket
,
be paid
,
win
,
(Colloq) take home
,
pull down
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[4] |
fetch
,
let
,
have
,
go (to/and) get
,
go for/after
,
pick up
,
bring (back)
,
retrieve
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[5] |
catch
,
receive
,
find
,
contract
,
have
,
obtain
,
incur
,
suffer from
,
come down with
,
fall ill/sick with
,
be afflicted with
,
become infected with
,
acquire
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[6] |
become
,
arrive
,
come
,
fall
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[7] |
become
,
bring
,
convey
,
turn
,
grow
,
fetch
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[8] |
experience
,
capture
,
seize
,
receive
,
have
,
arrest
,
take
,
apprehend
,
grab
,
pick up
,
lay hold of
,
bag
,
(Colloq) collar
,
nab
,
pinch
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[9] |
manage
,
pay back
,
pay off
,
arrange
,
come
,
fix
,
succeed
,
contrive
,
fix it
,
manoeuvre
,
manipulate
,
(Colloq) wangle
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[10] |
reach
,
have
,
make
,
arrive (at)
,
come
,
go
,
travel
,
journey
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[11] |
catch
,
induce
,
stimulate
,
take
,
enter
,
cause
,
have
,
make
,
come/go by
,
make
,
travel/journey by
|
[12] |
reach
,
catch
,
capture
,
get in touch with
,
communicate with
,
get onto/through to
,
(Colloq) contact
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[13] |
receive
,
grow
,
develop
,
pick up
,
tune in to/on
,
produce
,
acquire
,
listen to/watch
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[14] |
persuade
,
contract
,
take
,
prevail upon
,
coax
,
induce
,
influence
,
cajole
,
wheedle
,
talk (someone) into
,
sway
,
bring (someone) round
,
make
,
cause
|
[15] |
put
,
place
,
set
,
fit
,
manoeuvre
,
manipulate
,
wiggle
,
wriggle
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[16] |
affect
,
make
,
stir
,
move
,
touch
,
arouse
,
stimulate
,
excite
,
have an impact/effect on
,
make an impression on
,
impress
,
leave a mark on
,
get to
,
(Colloq) turn (someone) on
|
[17] |
get at
,
drive
,
aim
,
irritate
,
annoy
,
vex
,
irk
,
nettle
,
pique
,
provoke
,
anger
,
exasperate
,
bother
,
perturb
,
rile
,
(Colloq) bug
,
get (someone's) goat
,
rub (someone) (up) the wrong way
,
Sometimes non-standard aggravate
|
[18] |
baffle
,
catch
,
confuse
,
confound
,
puzzle
,
perplex
,
bewilder
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[19] |
understand
,
catch
,
arrest
,
appreciate
,
fathom
,
see
,
grasp
,
apprehend
,
perceive
,
follow
,
comprehend
,
take in
,
work out
,
make head(s)/tail(s) of
|
[20] |
catch
,
catch
,
hear
|
[21] |
derive
,
learn
,
glean
,
absorb
,
take in
|
[22] |
have
,
place
,
put
,
fix
,
pinpoint
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[23] |
get even with
,
revenge oneself on
,
take vengeance on
,
pay (someone) back
,
settle/even the score with
,
get back at
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[24] |
strike
,
catch
,
hit
,
punch
,
smack
,
shoot
,
hurt
,
harm
,
damage
,
injure
,
(Slang) sock
,
slug
|
[25] |
get about/around
,
catch
,
spread
,
become known
,
leak (out)
,
circulate
,
be bruited about/around
,
be noised abroad
,
go about/around be socially active
,
socialize
,
go/get out
,
run about/around
,
gad about
|
[26] |
get across
,
receive
,
get/put over
,
put across
,
get through
,
communicate
,
make clear
,
impart
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[27] |
get ahead
,
scram
,
buzz off
,
succeed
,
prosper
,
fuck off
,
bugger off
,
be/become successful
,
do well
,
flourish
,
thrive
,
make good
,
progress
,
rise (up) in the world
,
(Colloq) go places
|
[28] |
get along
,
be friendly/compatible (with)
,
associate (with)
,
agree (with)
,
be agreeable
,
get on (with)
,
(Colloq) hit it off (with) manage
,
cope
,
shift
,
fare
,
survive
,
make both ends meet
,
keep the wolf from the door
,
keep one's head above water
,
get on
,
(Colloq) get by
,
make out
,
make do leave
,
depart
,
go/move away
,
get going
,
get on
,
go along
,
proceed progress
,
proceed
,
get on
,
advance
,
move ahead/along/on get on
,
age
,
get/become/grow older
,
advance
|
[29] |
get around
,
get under one's skin
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[30] |
get at
,
gain access to
,
access
,
reach
,
put/lay one's hands on
,
get to intend
,
mean
,
suggest
,
hint (at)
,
insinuate
,
imply
,
have in mind/view
,
contemplate get
,
tease
,
taunt
,
criticize
,
find fault with
,
carp
,
nag
,
pick on
,
(US) get to get to
,
influence
,
intimidate
,
corrupt
,
bribe
,
undermine
,
subvert
,
suborn learn
,
find out
,
ascertain
,
determine
|
[31] |
get away
,
catch
,
escape
,
leave
,
break out/away
,
flee
,
depart
,
make good one's escape
,
elude one's captors
,
break free
,
disappear escape
,
take a holiday/(US) vacation
,
get/take a rest/respite start
,
get/take off
|
[32] |
get back
,
draw
,
return
,
come/go back reacquire
,
recover
,
regain
,
retrieve
,
recoup
,
repossess
|
[33] |
get behind
,
back
,
support
,
promote
,
finance
,
fund
,
push
,
(Colloq) plug
,
hype
|
[34] |
perplex
,
get down
,
dismount
,
vex
,
stick
,
alight
,
descend
,
puzzle
,
mystify
,
come/go down
,
climb/step down
,
baffle
,
beat
,
get off write (down)
,
note (down)
,
pose
,
bewilder
,
record
,
make a note of depress
,
flummox
,
stupefy
,
dispirit
,
sadden
,
nonplus
,
gravel
,
dishearten
,
discourage
,
amaze
,
dumbfound
,
deject swallow
,
eat
|
[35] |
get down to
,
get down
,
begin
,
concentrate/focus on
,
turn attention to
,
start out
,
start
,
attend to
,
set about
,
set out
,
commence
|
[36] |
suffer
,
get in
,
enter
,
sustain
,
have
,
get into/on/onto
,
embark
,
entrain
,
emplane/enplane
,
get/go aboard enter
,
arrive
,
return
,
come/go in fit/squeeze in
,
insert
,
slip in
,
include arrive
,
come in
,
land
|
[37] |
get into
,
beget
,
engender
,
put/put on
,
don
,
father
,
mother
,
dress in
,
get dressed in go into
,
sire
,
generate
,
discuss
,
become involved in
,
bring forth
,
pursue
,
treat
,
describe
,
delineate
,
detail
,
follow up on
,
penetrate be into
,
be/become involved in
,
take up
,
pursue
,
enjoy
,
like
,
become enthusiastic about
,
(Slang) get off on
,
get/become high on
|
[38] |
get off
,
alight
,
disembark
,
get down from
,
get out of
,
dismount
,
descend (from)
,
climb/step down off/from
,
deplane
,
detrain leave
,
depart
,
go (off)
,
set out/off remove
,
take off
,
shed
,
doff cause to be set/go free
,
be/cause to be acquitted/liberated/released/set free
|
[39] |
get on
,
grow/become late
|
[40] |
get onto
,
discover
,
learn about
,
become aware of
,
find out about
,
(Colloq) (Brit) twig
,
(US) cotton (on) to
|
[41] |
get out (of)
,
leave
,
depart
,
go out/away
,
be off
,
retire escape
,
extricate oneself
,
be released extract
,
draw
,
wrest
,
force
,
drag/pry out
,
wring/get from gain
,
profit avoid
,
evade
,
sidestep
,
escape
|
[42] |
get over
,
surmount
,
cross
,
climb
,
pass
,
traverse recover/recuperate from
,
survive finish
,
complete
,
bring to an end
|
[43] |
get round/around
,
bypass
,
circumvent
,
skirt
,
avoid
,
evade
,
elude
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
outmanoeuvre
,
outflank
,
steal a march on
,
(Colloq) give (someone) the run-around cajole
,
wheedle
,
flatter
,
persuade
,
coax
,
win over
|
[44] |
get round/around to
,
get/come to
,
reach
,
arrive at (finally)
,
find time for
|
[45] |
get through
,
(help to) succeed/complete reach
,
contact finish
,
conclude communicate (with)
|
[46] |
get (to)
,
arrive at
,
come to
,
near
,
approach
|
[47] |
get together
,
gather
,
accumulate
,
collect
,
assemble assemble
,
convene
,
gather
,
meet
,
congregate
,
socialize arrive at/reach an agreement/settlement
,
come to terms
,
come to an understanding
|
[48] |
get up
,
arise
,
awaken
,
wake (up) stand (up) mount
,
climb (up)
,
ascend create
,
devise
,
organize
,
arrange
,
prepare dress
,
clothe
,
apparel
,
outfit
,
attire
,
turn out
,
deck out
,
rig out
,
dress up
,
fit out/up study
,
learn
,
(US) get up on
|
[49] |
get up to
,
become/be involved in
,
be up to
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