Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[get back on one's feet] <v. phr.> To once again become financially solvent; regain one's former status and income, or health. * /Max got back on his feet soon after his open heart surgery. Tom's business was ruined due to the inflation, but he got back on his feet again./
[get behind] <v.> 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. * /The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail./ Syn.: FALL BEHIND. Contrast: KEEP UP. 2. <informal> To support; help. * /A club is much better if members get behind their leaders. * /We got behind Mary to be class president./ Compare: BACK OF(3). 3. <informal> To explain; find out the reason for. * /The police are questioning many people to try and get behind the bank robbery./ Syn.: GET TO THE BOTTOM OF.
[get busy] <v. phr.> To accelerate the pace in one's activities. * /We've got to get busy if we want to make the deadline./
[get by] <v.>, <informal> 1. To be able to go past; pass. * /The cars moved to the curb so that the fire engine could get by./ 2. To satisfy the need or demand. * /Mary can get by with her old coat this winter./ * /The janitor does just enough work to get by./ Syn.: GET ALONG(4). 3. Not to be caught and scolded or punished. * /The soldier thought he could get by with his dirty rifle./ * /The boy got by without answering the teacher's question because a visitor came in./ Compare: GET AWAY WITH.
[get carried away with] See: CARRY AWAY.
[get couthed up] <v. phr.>, <slang> To get oneself dressed up neatly and look elegant and presentable. * /What are you getting all couthed up for?/ (This derives from "uncouth" ("outlandish, ill-mannered") by leaving off the prefix "un-".)
[get cracking] <v. phr.>, <slang>, <informal> To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative). * /Come on, you guys, let's get cracking!/ (Let's hurry up!) Compare: GET GOING 2.
[get credit for] <v. phr.> To be given points of merit, recognition, or praise for labor or intellectual contribution. * /Our firm got a lot of credit for developing parts of the space shuttle./ Contrast: GIVE CREDIT FOR.
[get one down] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To make (someone) unhappy; cause low spirits; cause discouragement. * /Low grades are getting Helen down./ * /Three straight losses got the team down./ 2. To swallow; digest. * /The medicine was so bitter I couldn't get it down./ 3. To depress a person's spirit. * /Working at such an awful job got Mike down./
[get down cold] <v. phr.> To memorize perfectly. * /Terry got the text of his speech down cold./
[get down off your high horse] See: OFF ONE'S HIGH HORSE.
[get down to] <v.>, <informal> To get started on, being on. * /Joe wasted a lot of time before he got down to work./ * /Let's get down to work./ Compare: GET AT(3), GET GOING, GET TO.
[get down to brass tacks] also [get down to cases] <v. phr.>, <informal> To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know. * /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks./ * /A busy doctor wants his patients to get down to brass tacks./
[get down to business] or [work] <v. phr.> To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. * /Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business./
[get down to work] See: GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
[get even] <v.>, <informal> 1. To owe nothing. * /Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even./ 2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back. * /Jack is waiting to get even with Bill for tearing up his notebook./ * /Last April First Mr. Harris got fooled by Joe, and this year he will get even./ Compare: GET BACK AT.
[get going] <v.>, <informal> 1. To excite; stir up and make angry. * /The boys' teasing gets John going./ * /Talking about her freckles gets Mary going./ 2. or <chiefly British> [get cracking] To begin to move; get started. * /The teacher told Walter to get going on his history lesson./ * /The foreman told the workmen to get cracking./ * /Let's get going. It's almost supper time./ Compare: GET DOWN TO, STEP LIVELY.
[get gray hair] or [get gray] <v. phr.>, <informal> To become old or gray from worrying; become very anxious or worried.
– Often used with "over". * /"If John doesn't join the team, I won't get gray hair over it," the coach said./ * /Naughty children are why mothers get gray./ Compare: GIVE GRAY HAIR.
[get his or hers] <v. phr.> To receive one's proper reward or punishment. * /Tim will get his when his wife finds out that he's been seeing other women./
[get hitched] <v. phr.> To get married. * /After a long period of dating, Fred and Mary finally got hitched./
[get hold of] <v.> 1. To get possession of. * /Little children sometimes get hold of sharp knives and cut themselves./ 2. To find a person so you can speak with him. * /Mr. Thompson spent several hours trying to get hold of his lawyer./
[get in] <v. phr.> 1. To be admitted. * /Andy wants to go to medical school but his grades aren't good enough for him to get in./ 2. To arrive. * /What time does the plane from New York get in?/ 3. To enter. * /"Get in the car, and let's go," Tom said in a hurry./ 4. To put in stock; receive. * /The store just got in a new shipment of shoes from China./
[get in on] <v. phr.> To be permitted to participate; become privy to; be included. * /This is your chance to get in on a wonderful deal with the new company if you're willing to make an investment./
[get in on the ground floor] <v. phr.> To be one of the first members or employees to participate in the growth of a firm, educational institution, etc. * /Elliott got in on the ground floor and made a fortune at the company./ * /Mr. Smith who joined the new college as an instructor, got in on the ground floor, and wound up as its president after twenty years./
[get in on the] or [one's act] <v. phr.> To do something because others are engaged in the same act; join others. * /John's business is succeeding so well that both of his brothers want to get in on the act./