Phrasal Verbs of GET

Phrasal Verbs of GET

By Teacher Myrine Lopez

get up

get out of bed; rise to your feet

• My daughter is an early bird. She gets up at 7 every day of the week.

• ​After the concert, the audience got up and applauded for ten minutes.

• After the fall, he got up and dusted himself off.

get by

manage to survive in spite of difficulties

• How can Tom get by on his poor salary?

• ​Linda's been unemployed for six months. She's getting by thanks to her parents' help.

• ​I don’t earn a huge salary, but we get by.

get across

cause to be understood

• Pat usually fails to get her jokes across.

• We tried to get our idea across, but he just wouldn't listen.

• He has no trouble getting his point across.​

get along

have a friendly relationship

• I've never gotten along with my brother-in-law.

• ​Do Steve and Jess get along?

• He's a nice boy - very easy to get along with.

get away

have a holiday; escape

• The burglar got away before we came back home.

• ​We hope to get away for a few days at Easter.

• We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds.​

get down to

dismount or descend; get serious about a topic

• Let's get down to business.

• ​I must get down to booking the hotels.

• I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it.

get in

go inside a car, home; arrive at a place

• You'd better get in the back seat. I've got my son's safety seat in the front.

• How did Liz get in here? ​She hasn't got the key. has she?

• ​They must have gotten in through the bathroom window.

get off

leave a bus, train, plane, or a place

• When Molly got off the plane, she saw all her family waiting for her.

• ​Can you tell me where I should get off?

• If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.

get on

start doing or continue doing an activity

• You should get on with your homework right now.

• Could we get on with the class, please?

• I'm glad the guests are gone so I can get on with my work.

get out

​become known (news, information)

• If this secret gets out, you'll be in trouble.

• ​We have to make sure that none of this gets out.

• If word got out now, everyone could be in danger.

get over

recover from an illness; overcome a problem

• Kate hasn't gotten over her separation with Mark.

• ​It took me two weeks to get over the terrible flu.

• They’re upset that you didn’t call, but they’ll get over it.

get through

succeed in finishing a task

• Jim got through his exams without much effort.

• I think you can get through the first two chapters.

• ​Did you have to get through an entrance examination?

That's all for now!

Many thanks!