get -
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Verb
get -
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
isolate place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
incur,
obtain,
receive,
find,
get make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
win back,
get back recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
press out,
express,
extract obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
capture,
catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
glom seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
accept,
have,
take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
repossess,
reclaim make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
regain,
find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
win,
acquire,
gain be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
inherit obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
borrow get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get -
purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
purchase,
buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
commercialism,
mercantilism,
commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
get -
acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
acquire,
get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
get -
reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get -
evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
stir,
touch mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
get under one's skin,
get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get -
irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get -
reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
arrive,
come,
get reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
get -
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get,
make cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
get -
communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
get -
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"