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getting
verb(get)to gain possession of
getting
verb(get)to receive as a return : earn
getting
verb(get)to obtain by concession or entreaty
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idiom(get)getting old
getting
idiom(get)becoming acquainted with
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idiom(get)—used to say that time is passing and especially that evening or late evening is coming
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idiom(get)—used to say that someone is getting older and may not have much more time to do something
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idiom(get)to require that one become familiar with something so that it seems normal or usual
getting
adjective(get)having personal knowledge of something : having seen or experienced something —+ with
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adjective(get)having met : being known to and having knowledge of someone
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noun(get)a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood
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noun(get)a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone
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noun(get)removal from office or release from employment : dismissal —usually used with the
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noun(get)a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck
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noun(get)doorbell
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noun(get)the sounding of a bell as a signal
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adjective(get)changed by bending out of an originally straight or even condition
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adjective(get)strongly inclined : determined —usually used with on
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adjective(get)different from the normal or usual