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[get one wrong] <v. phr.> To misinterpret; misunderstand another. * /Don't get me wrong; I didn 't mean to criticize you./

[get] or [have one's say] See: DAY IN COURT.

[get out] <v. phr.> 1. Leave or depart. * /"Get out of here!" the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * /"Driver, I want to get out by the opera."/ 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; leak out. * /We must not let the news about this secret invention get out./

[get out in the open] See: OUT IN THE OPEN.

[get out of] <v. phr.> 1. To be excused from; avoid. * /He got out of jury duty because of his illness./ 2. To gain from; extract from. * /Tom complained that he didn't get anything out of the course on grammar./

[get out of the way] See: OUT OF THE WAY.

[get out of hand] See: OUT OF HAND, OUT OF CONTROL.

[get over] <v.> 1. To finish. * /Tom worked fast to get his lesson over./ 2. To pass over. * /It was hard to get over the muddy road./ 3. To get well from; recover from. * /The man returned to work after he got over his illness./ 4. To accept or forget (a sorrow or suprise.) * /It is hard to get over the death of a member of your family./ * /We could not get over the speed of Mary's recovery from pneumonia./

[get rattled] <v. phr.> To become confused, overexcited, or nervous. * /The thief got so rattled when he saw the police following him that he drove his car into a ditch./

[get rid of] See: RID OF.

[get set] <v. phr.> To get ready to start. * /The runners got set./ * /The seniors are getting set for the commencement./

[get short shrift] See: SHORT SHRIFT.

[get something out of one's system] <v. phr.> 1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one's body. * /John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system./ 2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to liberate oneself from an unwanted preoccupation. * /Ted bought a new cabin cruiser that he'd been wanting for a long time, and he says he is glad that he's finally got it out of his system./

[get something over with] See: OVER WITH(1).

get something straight <v. phr.> To clearly comprehend an issue. * /"Let me get this straight," Burt said. "You want $85,000 for this miserable shack?"/

[get stoned] <v. phr.>, <slang> To become very drunk or high on some drug. * /Poor Fred was so stoned that Tom had to carry him up the stairs./ Compare: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.

[get straight] See: GO STRAIGHT, GO LEGIT.

[get stuck] <v. phr.> 1. To be victimized; be cheated. * /The Smiths sure got stuck when they bought that secondhand car; it broke down just two days after they got it./ 2. To become entrapped or embroiled in a physical, emotional, or social obstacle so as to be unable to free oneself. * /Last winter our car got stuck in the snow and we had to walk home./ * /Poor Jeff is stuck in a terrible job./ * /Tom and Jane are stuck in a bad marriage./

[get (all) the breaks] <v. phr.> To be fortunate; have luck. * /That fellow gets all the breaks! He's been working here only six months, and he's already been promoted to vice president!/

[get the air] See: GET THE BOUNCE(1).

[get the ax] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To be fired from a job. * /Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday./ 2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating. * /Joe got caught cheating on his final exam and he got the ax./ 3. To have a quarrel with one's sweetheart or steady ending in a termination of the relationship. * /Joe got the ax from Betsie - they won't see each other again./

[get the ball rolling] or [set the ball rolling] or [start the ball rolling] <informal> To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin. * /George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke./ Compare: KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.

[get the better of] or [get the best of] <v. phr.> 1. To win over, beat; defeat. * /Our team got the best of the visitors in the last quarter./ * /George got the better of Robert in a game of checkers./ * /When the opposing player fouled John, John let his anger get the better of his good sense and hit the boy back./ * /Dave wanted to study till midnight, but sleepiness got the best of him./ Compare: RUN AWAY WITH(1). 2. or [have the best of] or [have the better of] To win or be ahead in (something); gain most from (something.) * /Bill traded an old bicycle tire for a horn; he got the best of that deal./ * /Our team had the best of it today, but they may lose the game tomorrow./ * /The champion had all the better of it in the last part of the fight./ Contrast: GET THE WORST OF.

[get the boot] or [the gate] or [the sack] See: GET THE AXE.

[get the bounce] or [get the gate] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. or [get the air] To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. * /Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl./ * /Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys while he was away./ 2. or [get the sack] also [get the hook] To be fired; lose a job. * /Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job./ * /You're likely to get the bounce if you are absent from work too much./ Contrast: GIVE THE BOUNCE.

[get the brush-off] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush-off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an argument, so the next time he telephoned her, he got the brush-off./ Compare: COLD SHOULDER, HIGH-HAT. Contrast: BRUSH OFF.

[get the cart before the horse] See: CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

[get the eye] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To be looked at, especially with interest and liking. * /The pretty girl got the eye as she walked past the boys on the street corner./ 2. To be looked at or stared at, especially in a cold, unfriendly way. * /When Mary asked if she could take home the fur coat and pay later, she got the eye from the clerk./ Contrast: GIVE THE EYE.

[get the feel of] <v. phr.> To become used to or learn about, especially by feeling or handling; get used to the experience or feeling of; get skill in. * /John had never driven a big car, and it took a while for him to get the feel of it./ * /You'll get the feel of the job after you've been there a few weeks./

[get the go-ahead] or [the green light] <v. phr.> To receive the permission or signal to start or to proceed. * /We had to wait until we got the go-ahead on our research project./

[get the goods on] or [have the goods on] <v. phr.>, <slang> To find out true and, often, bad information about; discover what is wrong with; be able to prove the guilt of. * /Tell the truth, Johnny. We know who your girl is because we've got the goods on you./ * /The police had the goods on the burglar before he came to trial./ Compare: HAVE SOMETHING ON.

[get the hook] See: GET THE BOUNCE(2).

[get the inside track] See: INSIDE TRACK.

[get the jitters] <v. phr.> To become very nervous or excited. * /I always get the jitters when I sit in an airplane that's about to take off./

[get the jump on] or [have the jump on] <v. phr.>, <slang> To get ahead of; start before (others); have an advantage over. * /Don't let the other boys get the jump on you at the beginning of the race./ * /Our team got the jump on their rivals in the first minutes of play, and held the lead to win./

[get the last laugh] See: HAVE THE LAST LAUGH.

[get the lead out of one's pants] <v. phr.>, <slang> To get busy; work faster. * /The captain told the sailors to get the lead out of their pants./ * /The coach told the players to get the lead out of their pants./