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2 get + adjective: getting old
Before an adjective, get usually means 'become'. As you get old, your memory gets worse.
My feet are getting cold.
With object + adjective, the meaning is 'make somebody/something become'. It's time to get the kids ready for school.
I can't get my hands warm.
We must get the house clean before Mother arrives.
For go + adjective (go green, go blind etc), and the differences between get, go, become, 111m etc, see 128.
3 get + adverb particle or preposition: get out
Before an adverb particle (like up, away, out) or a preposition, get nearly always refers to a movement of some kind. (For the difference between get and go, see 225.)
I often get up at five o'clock,
I went to see him, but he told me to get out. Would you mind getting offmy foot?
In some idioms the meaning is different - e.g. get to a place (= arrive at ...); get over something (= recover from); get on with somebody (= have a good relationship with).
With an object, the structure usually means 'make somebody/something move'.
You can't get him out ofbed in the morning.
Would you mind getting your papers offmy desk?
Have you ever tried to get toothpaste back into the tube? Thecar'sOK- itgetsmefromAtoB.
4 get + past participle: get washed. dressed. married etc
Get can be used with a past participle. This structure often has a reflexive meaning, to talk about things that we 'do to ourselves'. Common expressions are get washed, get dressed, get lost, get drowned, get engaged/married/divorced.
You've got five minutes to get dressed. She's getting married in June.
S passive auxiliary: He got caught
Get + past participle is also used to make passive structures, in the same way as be + past participle.
My watch got broken while I was playing with the children. He got caught by the police driving at 120 mph.
I get paid on Fridays. I never get invited to parties.
This structure is mostly used in an informal style, and it is not often used to talk about longer, more deliberate, planned actions.
Our house was built in 1827. (NOT Oft, heftSe get bftilt in 1827'.) Parliament was opened on Thursday. (NOT Parlitlment gtJt 61'erreti ...) •
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