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get

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

Definition

B1 to deal with or answer a ringing phone, knock on the door, etc.: Hey, Ty, someone's at the door - would you get it, please?Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of get verb (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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