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How to sign: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now";

Similiar / Same: begin, start out, start, set out, commence, set about, get down

Within this category: attack, auspicate, break in, come on, embark, fall, get cracking, get to, jump off, plunge, recommence, strike out

get

How to sign: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight";

Similiar / Same: arrive

Within this category: come, drive in, flood in, land, land, land, plump in, pull in, reach, roll up

get

How to sign: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
"We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?";

Similiar / Same: capture, catch

Categories: clutch, prehend, seize

Within this category: lasso, recapture

get

How to sign: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work";

Similiar / Same: acquire

Within this category: accept, acquire, borrow, buy, buy, capture, catch, collect, come by, earn, enter upon, find, find, gain, get, glom, inherit, isolate, lease, line up, obtain, partake, pick up, poll, preempt, press out, profit, receive, reclaim, recover, recover, turn, win back

get

How to sign: enter or assume a certain state or condition
"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!";

See also: shape up, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, surmount, progress, progress, shape up, come along, come along, overcome, master, come on, come on, win, get along, get along, subdue, get over, gain, advance, get on, get on, advance, advance

Similiar / Same: become, go

Categories: change state, turn

Within this category: break, come, run, settle, sober up, sober up, take, take effect, work

get

How to sign: go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat";

Similiar / Same: fetch, bring, convey

Categories: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport

Within this category: deliver, retrieve

get

How to sign: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
"Scram!";

Similiar / Same: scram, buzz off, bugger off, fuck off

Categories: go away, go forth, leave

get

How to sign: make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them";

Similiar / Same: beget, father, sire, engender, mother, generate, bring forth

Categories: create, make

get

How to sign: of mental or physical states or experiences
"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling";

Similiar / Same: undergo, experience, have, receive

Within this category: horripilate, labor, respire, suffer, take

get

How to sign: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill";

Similiar / Same: contract, take

Categories: come down, sicken

Within this category: catch