Get+there
21You can’t get there from here. — sent. Where you want to go is in a very remote location. (A catchphrase.) □ Well, you can’t get there from here. □ Adamsville? Sorry, you can’t get there from here …
22you can't get there from here — (USA) US expression used in the New England area (most frequently in Maine) by persons being asked for directions to a far distant location that cannot be accessed without extensive, complicated directions …
23get there in the nick of time — arrive at the critical moment, arrive just on time, arrive at the last minute …
24get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …
25get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …
26get*/*/*/ — [get] (past tense got [gɒt] ; past participle got) verb 1) [T] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s father got a new job.[/ex] Did you get tickets for the game?[/ex] You get ten points for each correct answer.[/ex] Young players will… …
27get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …
28there — [ ðer ] function word *** There can be used in the following ways: as a pronoun (to introduce the subject of the sentence): There s a spider in the bath. as an adverb: Wait there until I get back. as an interjection: There, that didn t hurt so… …
29get your money's worth — get your money’s worth phrase to feel that something you have got is worth the amount you paid for it Get there early to make sure you get your money’s worth. Thesaurus: to cost someone an amount of moneysynonym Main entry: money * * * get your… …
30get rid of somebody — get ˈrid of sb/sth idiom to make yourself free of sb/sth that is annoying you or that you do not want; to throw sth away • Try and get rid of your visitors before I get there. • The problem is getting rid of nuclear waste. • I can t get rid of… …
