[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

get \get\ ge^t, v. i.
   1. to make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive
      accessions; to be increased.
      1913 webster

            we mourn, france smiles; we lose, they daily get.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,
      condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with
      a following adjective or past participle belonging to the
      subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to
      get beaten; to get elected.
      1913 webster

            to get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --pope.
      1913 webster

            his chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.
                                                  --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   note: it get gives to the english language a middle voice,
         or a power of verbal expression which is neither active
         nor passive. thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,
         confused, dressed.
         --earle.
         1913 webster

   note: get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following
         preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the
         part of the subject of the act, movement or action of
         the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in
         the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,
         to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,
         to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,
         to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or
         figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;
         hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to
         enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;
         to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be
         done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to
         alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,
         to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to
         convene.
         1913 webster

   to get ahead, to advance; to prosper.

   to get along, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.

   to get a mile or other distance, to pass over it in
      traveling.

   to get among, to go or come into the company of; to become
      one of a number.

   to get asleep, to fall asleep.

   to get astray, to wander out of the right way.

   to get at, to reach; to make way to.

   to get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get
      the better of; to defeat.

   to get back, to arrive at the place from which one
      departed; to return.

   to get before, to arrive in front, or more forward.

   to get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag.

   to get between, to arrive between.

   to get beyond, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to
      surpass. "three score and ten is the age of man, a few get
      beyond it." --thackeray.

   to get clear, to disengage one's self; to be released, as
      from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed
      from danger or embarrassment.

   to get drunk, to become intoxicated.

   to get forward, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;
      to advance in wealth.

   to get home, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.

   to get into.
      a to enter, as, "she prepared to get into the coach."
          --dickens.
      b to pass into, or reach; as, " a language has got into
          the inflated state." --keary.

   to get loose or to get free, to disengage one's self; to
      be released from confinement.

   to get near, to approach within a small distance.

   to get on, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.

   to get over.
      a to pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or
          difficulty.
      b to recover from, as an injury, a calamity.

   to get through.
      a to pass through something.
      b to finish what one was doing.

   to get up.
      a to rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.
      b to ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of
          stairs, etc.
          1913 webster
see also:
to get ahead to get along to get a mile to get among to get asleep to get astray 
to get at to get away with to get back to get before to get behind 
to get between to get beyond to get clear to get drunk to get forward 
to get home to get into to get loose to get free to get near 
to get on to get over to get through to get up 

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