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[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./
[get in one’s hair] See: IN ONE’S HAIR.
[get in one’s way] See: IN ONE’S WAY.
[get into] See: BE INTO SOMETHING.
[get into line]{v. phr.} To cooperate; conform. •/The maverick members of the party were advised to get into line unless they wanted to be expelled./ Contrast: OUT OF LINE.