(v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
(v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
(v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.
(v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.
(v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
(v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
(v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
(v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
(v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
(n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Example Sentences:
(1) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(2) But when they decided to get married, "finding the clothes became my project," says Melanie.
(3) For viewers in the US, you get the worst possible in-game managerial interview in Mike Matheny, one that's so bad, it's actually great!
(4) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
(5) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
(6) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
(7) I’m hopeful but I just can’t get over all my experiences in the past.
(8) Translation: 'We do less, you get yourself sorted.'"
(9) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
(10) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(11) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
(12) She stopped working only when the pain made it hard for her to get to work.
(13) Because they generally have to be positioned on hills to get the maximum benefits of the wind, some complain that they ruin the landscape.
(14) To get a better understanding of the different cell interactions during the immune response to a hapten-carrier complex, the effects of immunogenic or tolerogenic injections of various hapten-containing compounds on the responses induced by immunization with the same hapten coupled to protein carriers were studied.
(15) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(16) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(17) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
(18) Yorkshire is going to get a lot of tourists after this."
(19) "In my era, we'd get a phone call from John [Galliano] before the show: this is what the show's about, what do you think?
(20) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
Hoodwink
Definition:
(v. t.) To blind by covering the eyes.
(v. t.) To cover; to hide.
(v. t.) To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
Example Sentences:
(1) But pollsters said that even if the president's worst failing was to have been naively taken in, being hoodwinked by a tax-evader he appointed to one of the country's most important jobs would be hugely damaging for his presidential standing and authority.
(2) So are we then being hoodwinked into thinking if we take this pill, we can abdicate responsibility for all our health needs because we've taken a pill?"
(3) The taped conversation between the bankers tends to back up the view that Anglo Irish bankers knew €7bn would never be enough to save the bank but once they had hoodwinked the Dublin government into providing support the taxpayer would keep picking up the tab.
(4) JN: One of the things that worries me is that somehow we've allowed ourselves to be hoodwinked by the dominant narrative about this technology… JL: That's what I think.
(5) Perhaps there's some embarrassment that they were hoodwinked by a schoolboy – for the record, neither of the footballers shared anything too scandalous with Gardiner – but in fact many of us would have been guilty at some point of taking something we'd seen on social media at face value.
(6) The apparent hoodwinking of the conservationists seemed to be confirmed by the US diplomatic cable dated May 2009.
(7) His fellow opponent, Sir David Chipperfield, the leading modernist architect, had claimed local residents had been “hoodwinked” by the proposals because the original plan, which saw flats built on part of the site to Chipperfield’s designs, involved keeping the original house.
(8) The effect is to engender contempt for the heartless Nazi propaganda chief and sympathy for his hapless victims who were hoodwinked into giving their mandate to a gang of murderous thugs.
(9) The IFS said the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats were as one in trying to hoodwink voters.
(10) Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy Read more An anonymous publisher says: The article claims that academic publishers “hoodwink” authors, but there was surely nothing dishonest in the behaviour of the editor, who was open about anticipated sales figures and his targets.
(11) He set up an "alternative energy" subsidiary in 1995 but environmentalists repeatedly claimed Browne has been using "greenwash" to hoodwink the public: investing small sums in carbon-free wind and solar power while continuing to spend billions on finding and producing new sources of oil and gas.
(12) Often the court process is used as an additional threat by perpetrators, and abuse can continue when legal professionals are hoodwinked into becoming pawns in a game aimed at destroying our lives.
(13) "It is condescending and wrong to think they were hoodwinked."
(14) Also: stick to safe colours, don't be hoodwinked by the fit model (most websites tell you which size she's wearing anyway), and check the returns policy, which is almost always "within 30 days" provided the item is unworn – although you may have to pay P&P.
(15) She denied that the couple had deliberately set out to hoodwink the public, saying they did everything "to make it work".
(16) Here are a few great examples of previous pieces to inspire you: Female academics: don’t power dress, forget heels – and no flowing hair allowed Writing for an academic journal: 10 tips Academics: leave your ivory towers and pitch your work to the media Six myths about how universities spend their tuition fee income Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy One last thing We’d like all our contributors to sign up for membership of the Higher Education Network and get our weekly newsletter.
(17) Newcastle had gone a goal down at the conclusion of a move which began with David Silva's hoodwinking of Vurnon Anita and involved Aleksandar Kolarov dodging Yanga-Mbiwa and crossing low.
(18) The extent to which successive British governments set out to hoodwink parliament and the public over the decision to give the US a military base in Diego Garcia and force out the islanders is laid bare in files released on Wednesday.
(19) People outside education are being hoodwinked about the implications of the decision.
(20) Which means there are a few short hours left to crack the clues on the worldwide web and hoodwink your family, colleagues and followers.