English Phrasal Verbs

                                                  English Phrasal Verbs with 'GET'

Get Around

Meaning:

-   To travel to many places

-   To become known or to circulate information

-   To avoid something difficult

-   To find the time to do something

Example:

                   -   I have been to France, Australia and Mexico this year. I get around!

-   Word got around that he was leaving the company.

-   Is there any way to get around the rules so that we can bring our dog into the country?

-   I will get around to doing the washing up once I have finished my dinner. 

 Get at

Meaning:

-   To criticize someone frequently, be unpleasant to someone

-   To reach something successfully, gain access to

-   To suggest, mean or intend

-   To annoy or irritate someone

Example:

-   She keeps getting at me for every little thing. I can’t do anything right!

-   The kids can’t get at the sweets because I have hidden them!

-   A goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves.

-     The dogs’ barking outside really started to get at me.

Get Off

Meaning:

-     To physically leave a mode of transport

-     To leave work, usually at the end of the day

-     To experience pleasure or a high

-     To kiss, make out or have sex with someone

-     To succeed in doing something

   Example:

                   -   The traffic is terrible! Let’s get off at the next stop and walk.

-   What time do you get off tonight?

-   Krishna got off on extreme sports like paragliding.

-   I heard that Ravi and Rema got off at the party!

-   The annual meeting got off to a good start.

Get out

Meaning:

-   To leave a place

-   To become known

-   To go and visit somewhere

Example:

-   They were in Thailand during the Tsunami and were lucky to get out alive.

-   Word got out about the wedding, even though they wanted to keep it a secret.

-     Why don’t we get out to the countryside this weekend?

-     Get out and enjoy yourself, and make new friends.

-     I told him to leave and get out.

-     I wanted to get out of the group, but they wouldn’t let me. 

 

Author: 

Dr.M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore