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get

verb [T] (PREPARE)
 
 
/ɡet/ (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)

Definition

to prepare a meal: I'll put the kids to bed while you're getting the dinner.Preparing foodPreparing food using heat
(Definition of get verb (PREPARE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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