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get

 
/get/ v [T] (present participle getting, past participle gotten /ˈgɑt·ən/ or got /gɑt/) (HIT)

Definition

to hit someone, esp. with something thrown or a bullet: My first throw missed, but the second got him in the leg.
(Definition of get v (HIT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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