1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

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get down to If our company is going to succeed, we have to stop wasting time in meetings and get down to business and start making some money.

get down to sth

I sometimes find it hard to get down to work again after a big lunch.

✍ ^ see also:^ get on with^

get in
Mum got in the back seat with the kids, and Billy got in the front seat
with his dad.

get in get in sth

She came back to the
office late last night, but
she couldn’t get in.

✍ ^

get in
Do you know what time the train from London gets in? I promised to
pick up my mother.

get in

Give me a call as soon as
you get in and we’ll set up
a meeting.

✍  see also: come in

get in
You’d better make sure you get your application in on time, or your
chances of getting a place on the course will be zero.

get sth in

Angelina has to get her
school report in by the
end of the week.

✍  see also: put in

get into
(informal)

Most young people get into healthy activities like sports and music, but some get into bad habits such as taking drugs and drinking alcohol.

get into sth get into doing sth

When he was young Sam
got into jazz, and he still
loves listening to it today.

✍ ^ see also:^ take up^

get off
We can’t get off the plane until they open the doors, so there’s no point
standing up until they do.

get off sth

Tell her to get off the train
in Rome and we’ll pick
her up from there.

✍ ^ see also:^ get out (of)^

get off
Get off the car, son. You’ll leave footprints on the roof.
get off sth

After getting your award,
you can get off the stage
by walking to your left.

✍ ^

get off
Get the car off the lawn, son. It’ll leave tyre marks on the grass.
get sth off sth

As soon as the band
finishes, get their
instruments off the stage.

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get off Most Americans only get two weeks off each year. In many other developed countries, people get at least four weeks off for vacations.

get off get sth off

How many days do you get off during the New Year holiday period?

✍  see also: take off

get on
How’re you getting on with the other people in the office? Have you
had any problems with anyone?

get on get on with sb

Mary’s a very sweet
person and she’s very
easy to get on with.

✍  see also:^ get along^