get
verb (CONFUSE) /ɡet/ (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› [T] informal to confuse someone and make them completely unable to understand or explain: Give him a technical question - that'll really get him!Puzzle and confuseDifficult to understand you've got me there! informal › something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question: "How many ounces in a kilo?" "You've got me there."Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition of get verb (CONFUSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- addle verb
- baffle verb
- bewilder verb
- blind sb with science idiom
- blind verb (CAUSE TO IGNORE)
- boggle verb
- cloud verb
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox verb
- fox verb (CONFUSE)
- fuddle verb
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix sb up phrasal verb
- puzzle verb
- search verb
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- throw sb off balance idiom
- throw verb (CONFUSE)
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance verb (MENTALLY ILL)
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