Phrasal Verb with GET in English
The verb get is an irregular verb and one of the most common verbs in the English. Its main forms are presented in the table
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| to get | got / gotten | got / gotten |
Consider common phrasal verbs with get in English
- get about/around
- The news got about/around that he had won the first prize in the state lottery and everybody began asking him for money
- He is a semi-invalid now and can’t get about as well as he used to
- get across
- The teacher got his message across by using diagrams and photographs
- get along with
- I don’t really get along with my sister’s husband
- get at
- What are you getting at when you look at me like that?
- get away (from)
- The prisoner got away (from prison)
- get away with
- The kid was kicking me, and his mother just let him get away with it!
- get back
- What time do you think you’ll get back?
- get behind (with)
- I’ve got terribly behind with my work
- get by
- We’ll get by somehow, don’t worry
- get down /to
- Try to get the medicine down, it’s good for you
- get together (often + with)
- It’s nice to get together with people you get on with
- We must get together for a drink sometime
- can’t/couldn’t get over sth
- I can’t get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work
- get sth over with
- Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home
- get on (often + with)
- I must get on with my work. I got behind because I spent too much time on the Internet
- How is he getting on at school?
- get in
- What is the money called which you can get in a supermarket by paying for more than the cost of the goods you’re buying?
- The car drove up and they got in
- get into
- You’ll have to work harder if you want to get into college
- get off
- I can’t believe his lawyers managed to get him off
- get out /of
- How did the news of his promotion get out?
- How did the dog get out of the yard?
- get over
- He is just getting over a bad heart attack
- get round to
- I haven’t got round to writing that letter yet
- get through
- I don’t know how I got through the weeks after my husband died
- get up
- What time did you get up today?
- get up to
- They’re very quiet. I wonder what they’re getting up to