Confusing
Words:
Get (#6)
In addition to meaning
"receive,""become," "understand" (in casual conversation),
"answer" or "respond
to" a
ringing phone
or someone who's
at the
door, and "buy,"
get can also
mean retrieve
something (and, often, to
bring or take it or
them to another place or person):
The letter carrier just delivered
the mail. Can you get
it?
I
think I left my keys in
the car. I'd better get
them.
Get your coat. We're ready to leave.
I think I left my glasses
on the kitchen table. Would
you
please get
them for me?
Jimmy, you left your bike
in the
driveway. Please get it before
your father comes home.
The rest of the groceries
are
in the car. Can you get them?
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