Get

1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information. 3. to go after, take hold of, and bring (something) for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me? 4. to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room. 5. to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone. 6. to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name. 7. to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn: to get a lesson. 8. to capture; seize: Get him before he escapes! 9. to receive as a punishment or sentence: to get a spanking; to get 20 years in jail. 10. to prevail on; influence or persuade: We'll get him to go with us. 11. to prepare; make ready: to get dinner. 12. (especially of animals) to beget. 13. Informal. to affect emotionally: Her pleas got me. 14. to hit, strike, or wound: The bullet got him in the leg. 15. Informal. to kill. 16. Informal. to take vengeance on: I'll get you yet! 17. to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from: He got malaria while living in the tropics. She gets butterflies before every performance. 18. Informal. to puzzle; irritate; annoy: Their silly remarks get me. 19. Informal. to understand; comprehend: I don't get the joke. This report may be crystal-clear to a scientist, but I don't get it.