4 PHRASAL VERB If news or information gets out , it becomes known. □ [V P ] If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous. □ [V P that] Once the news gets out that Armenia is in a very critical situation, I think the world will respond.
▸ get out of PHRASAL VERB If you get out of doing something that you do not want to do, you succeed in avoiding doing it. □ [V P P v-ing/n] It's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes.
▸ get over
1 PHRASAL VERB If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it. □ [V P n] It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it. □ [V P n] How would they get over that problem, he wondered?
3 PHRASAL VERB If you get your message over to people, they hear and understand it. □ [V n P + to ] We have got to get the message over to the young that smoking isn't cool.
▸ get over with PHRASAL VERB If you want to get something unpleasant over with , you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it. □ [V n P P ] The sooner we start, the sooner we'll get it over with.
▸ get round → see get around
▸ get round to → see get around to
▸ get through
1 PHRASAL VERB If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it. □ [V P n] I think you can get through the first two chapters.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it. □ [V P n] It is hard to see how people will get through the winter.
3 PHRASAL VERB If you get through a large amount of something, you use it. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V P n] You'll get through at least ten nappies a day.
4 PHRASAL VERB If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them. □ [V P + to ] An old friend might well be able to get through to her and help her. □ [V P + to ] The message was finally getting through to him. [Also V P ]
5 PHRASAL VERB If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the phone. □ [V P + to ] Look, I can't get through to this number. □ [V P ] I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't get through.
6 PHRASAL VERB If you get through an examination or get through , you pass it. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V P n] Did you have to get through an entrance examination? [Also V P ]
7 PHRASAL VERB If a law or proposal gets through , it is officially approved by something such as a parliament or committee. □ [V P ] …if his referendum law failed to get through. □ [V P n] Such a radical proposal would never get through parliament.
▸ get together
1 PHRASAL VERB When people get together , they meet in order to discuss something or to spend time together. □ [V P ] This is the only forum where East and West can get together.
2 → see also get-together
3 PHRASAL VERB If you get something together , you organize it. □ [V n P ] Paul and I were getting a band together, and we needed a new record deal.
4 PHRASAL VERB If you get an amount of money together , you succeed in getting all the money that you need in order to pay for something. □ [V n P ] Now you've finally got enough money together to put down a deposit on your dream home. [Also V P n (not pron)]
▸ get up
1 PHRASAL VERB When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up , they rise to a standing position. □ [V P ] I got up and walked over to where he was.
2 PHRASAL VERB When you get up , you get out of bed. □ [V P ] They have to get up early in the morning.
3 → see also get-up
▸ get up to PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone gets up to something, you mean that they do it and you do not approve of it. [BRIT , mainly SPOKEN , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V P P n] They get up to all sorts behind your back.
get|away /ge təwe I / (getaways ) also get-away
1 N‑COUNT [usu sing, oft N n] If someone makes a getaway , they leave a place quickly, especially after committing a crime or when trying to avoid someone. □ They made their getaway along a pavement on a stolen motorcycle. □ …the burglar's getaway car.
2 N‑COUNT A getaway is a short holiday somewhere. [INFORMAL ] □ Weekend tours are ideal for families who want a short getaway.
get|ting /ge t I ŋ/
1 Getting is the present participle of get .
2 PHRASE Getting on for means the same as nearly . [BRIT , mainly SPOKEN ] □ I've been trying to give up smoking for getting on for two years now. □ It was getting on for two o'clock.
ge t-together (get-togethers ) N‑COUNT A get-together is an informal meeting or party, usually arranged for a particular purpose. □ …a get-together I had at my home.
ge t-up (get-ups ) N‑COUNT If you refer to a set of clothes as a get-up , you think that they are unusual or ridiculous. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ Naturally he couldn't work in this get-up.
gey|ser /giː zə r , [AM ] ga I zə r / (geysers ) N‑COUNT A geyser is a hole in the Earth's surface from which hot water and steam are forced out, usually at irregular intervals of time.