Phrasal Verb

Meaning

Example

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To get about To be socially active (or around) To get ahead To be successful

Tom really gets around, doesn't he?

It's very difficult to get ahead nowadays.

To get away To escape To get back To recover or retrieve To get by To get in To get into To get off To get on with To survive financially To enter a car, train etc. To be accepted To exit from a train, bus etc. To have a good relationship with To leave

The thief got away from the police. I got my books back from Tom. Sally gets by on just $1,000 a month. Come on, get in! Let's go. He got into the university of his choice. Jerry got off at 52nd Street. I really get on well with Janet.

10 To get out

I got out of class at 3.30. He got over his operation very quickly.

11 To get over To recover from an illness or

bad occurrence

12 To get

through

To succeed in an examination, That was a difficult test to get through, test etc. wasn't it?