Get thee out from this land.
Gen. xxxi. 13.
He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega.
Knolles.
Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs implying motion, to
express the causing to, or the effecting in, the object of the verb, of
the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in, to
cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get in the hay; to get
out, to make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to
remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect.
To get by heart, to commit to memory. - - To get the better of, To get
the best of, to obtain an advantage over; to surpass; to subdue. -- To
get up, to cause to be established or to exit; to prepare; to arrange;
to construct; to invent; as, to get up a celebration, a machine, a
book, an agitation.
Syn. -- To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.
Get (gt), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive
accessions; to be increased.
We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.
Shak.
2. 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.
To get rid of fools and scoundrels.
Pope.
His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.
Coleridge.
It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice, or a power of
verbal expression which is neither active nor passive. Thus we say to
get acquitted, beaten, confused, dressed. Earle.
Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following preposition, or
adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act,
movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb;
or, in the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way, to
advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave, to escape; to
disengage one's self from; to get down, to descend, esp. with effort,
as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along, to make
progress; hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to enter; to
get out, to extricate one's self, to escape; to get through, to
traverse; also, to finish, to be done; to get to, to arrive at, to
reach; to get off, to alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to
escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene.
To get ahead, to advance; to prosper. - - To get along, to proceed; to
advance; to prosper. -- To get a mile (or other distance), to pass over
it in traveling. -- To get among, to go or come into the company of; to
become one of a number. -- To get asleep, to fall asleep. -- To get
astray, to wander out of the right way. -- To get at, to reach; to make
way to. To get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get the
better of; to defeat. -- To get back, to arrive at the place from which
one departed; to return. -- To get before, to arrive in front, or more
forward. -- To get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag. -- To get
between, to arrive between. -- To get beyond, to pass or go further
than; to exceed; to surpass. "Three score and ten is the age of man, a
few get beyond it." Thackeray. -- To get clear, to disengage one's
self; to be released, as from confinement, obligation, or burden; also,
to be freed from danger or embarrassment. -- To get drunk, to become
intoxicated. -- To get forward, to proceed; to advance; also, to
prosper; to advance in wealth. -- To get home, to arrive at one's
dwelling, goal, or aim. -- To get into. (a) To enter, as, "she prepared
to get into the coach." Dickens. (b) To pass into, or reach; as, " a
language has got into the inflated state." Keary. -- To get loose or
free, to disengage one's self; to be released from confinement. -- To
get near, to approach within a small distance. -- To get on, to
proceed; to advance; to prosper. -- To get over. (a) To pass over,
surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty. (b) To recover
from, as an injury, a calamity. -- To get through. (a) To pass through
something. (b) To finish what one was doing. -- To get up. (a) To rise;
to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc. (b) To ascend; to climb, as a
hill, a tree, a flight of stairs, etc.
Get, n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Get"en (?), obs. p. p. of Get. Chaucer.
Geth (?), the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Get"-pen`ny (?), n. Something which gets or gains money; a successful
affair. [Colloq.] Chapman.