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Learn English Phrasal Verbs with the Verb Get

Did you know that there are 69 different definitions for the verb ‘To Get’ in the English dictionary? Over half of these definitions are because of phrasal verbs composed of the verb GET plus a preposition.

Phrasal verbs can often be very confusing for English learners, because the use of the preposition can often change the meaning of the verb get in the sentence. So, you just have to learn these phrasal verbs as if they are a new vocabulary word.  

  • The form of the verb “get” is regular for the present simple.
  • The continuous form is “getting”.
  • The past of the verb is “got”
  • And don’t forget the participle ‘gotten’.

Here are 32 different uses of the Phrasal Verb Get with sample sentences. And remember that often, each of these different phrasal verbs with Get can have various meanings.  

30 Phrasal Verbs With The Verb Get

Here are 30 different phrasal verbs with the verb to get that I came up with. Make sure to add more if you think of other get phrasal verbs.

  1. Get about – the way you walk or go from one place to another
  2. Get across – make someone understand what you are want to say
  3. Get after – criticize someone for things you don’t like
  4. Get along – a harmonious relationship
  5. Get around – deal with a problem successfully
  6. Get at – suggest or imply something indirectly
  7. Get away – escape or leave to relax
  8. Get away with – escape undesirable consequences
  9. Get back – return to a place or seek revenge
  10. Get behind – fail to do something and later try to accomplish it
  11. Get by – accomplish something with great difficulty
  12. Get down – remove yourself  from a higher place or relax in an unhibited way
  13. Get down to – give serious attention to an important matter
  14. Get in – enter a place or be elected to a position
  15. Get into – affect other people’s behavior and influence them
  16. Get off – escape punishment
  17. Get on – step or climb aboard; make progress in a specific way
  18. Get on with – harmonious relationship
  19. Get onto – begin a task or project; begin talking about a topic
  20. Get out – leave a location; secret information becoming public knowledge; express disbelief
  21. Get out of – find a way to escape responsibility
  22. Get over – recover from a sickness; overcome a difficulty
  23. Get rid of  – throw something away or seek to be free of it
  24. Get taken – To be fooled
  25. Get through – experience a difficult situation; make contact with someone
  26. Get to – annoy someone through persistant action; deal with a problem at a later time
  27. Get together – gather a group of people
  28. Get up – arise
  29. Get used to – become familiar with something
  30. Get wound up become tense or anxious over a situation

Create your own sentences in the comments below to practice each of the Get Phrasal Verbs above. Especially any of them that you didn’t yet know.

Youtube Videos With About The Phrasal Verb Get

10 GET Phrasal Verbs: get down, get off, get through, get up, get away… English Lessons with Adam – Learn English [engVid]Phrasal Verb Get Playlist

How do you use GET in English as a phrasal verb? Go Natural English

The verb GET | Phrasal verbs with GET | English lesson Crown Academy of English

Phrasal verbs with “Get” Learn English with Papa Teach Me

5 Phrasal Verbs with GET – get up, get along, get ahead, get by… Learn English with Alex [engVid]

20 PHRASAL VERBS WITH GET. PHRASAL VERB GET WITH EXERCISES AND EXAMPLES. PHRASAL VERBS IN ENGLISH – English Professionally – phrasal verbs in English, English grammar lessons and English words

14 GET Phrasal Verbs: get across, get along, get around, get at, get away, get by, get down, get in, Top Ten English Expressions and Idioms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pruefW81W3k

27 Phrasal Verbs with GET: Get along, Get over, Get off, Get through, Get down, Get on, Get up…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRieBi5blZQ

Phrasal verb GET part 2, get away, get by, get on, get over, get through final by Antonia Romaker – English and Russian online

Phrasal Verb | Get | English Speaking Practice | ESL | EFL Mark Kulek

Learn GET PHRASAL VERBS : Top 10 Phrasal Verbs with Get – Love English with Leila & Sabrah

Brazilian Youtube Videos With About The Phrasal Verb Get In Portuguese

Os 20 verbos frasais com GET mais úteis do inglês (phrasal verbs) | Dica #24 SmallAdvantages

Phrasal Verbs com GET | English in Brazil  English in Brazil by Carina Fragozo

More Sites & Resources With The Phrasal Verb To Get

147 Phrasal Verbs with GET: Get along, Get off, Get down, Get up… https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs-with-get/

19 phrasal verbs with ‘get’ https://onlineteachersuk.com/phrasal-verbs-get/

Phrasal Verbs with Get  https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/phrasal-verbs-with-get-0

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the phrasal verb Get. If you have questions or feedback, let us know in the comments below. And of course, let us know what other things you would like to learn in future English lessons.

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