G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[get one wrong] {v. phr.}
To misinterpret; misunderstand another.
Don't get me wrong; I didn 't mean to criticize you.
[get one's say] or [have one's say]
See: [DAY IN COURT].
[get out] {v. phr.}
1. Leave or depart.
"Get out of here!" the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student.
"Driver, I want to get out by the opera."
2. To publish; produce.
Our press is getting out two new books on ecology.
3. […]
[get out of] {v. phr.}
1. To be excused from; avoid.
He got out of jury duty because of his illness.
2. To gain from; extract from.
Tom complained that he didn't get anything out of the course on grammar.
[get over] {v.}
1. To finish.
Tom worked fast to get his lesson over.
2. To pass over.
It was hard to get over the muddy road.
3. To get well from; recover from.
The man returned to work after he got over his illness.
4. To accept or […]
[get rattled] {v. phr.}
To become confused, overexcited, or nervous.
The thief got so rattled when he saw the police following him that he drove his car into a ditch.
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