manage+to+get

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• get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• get by — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to manage ) to get by on (to get by on very little) 2) (D; intr.) ( to manage ) to get by with (we ll have to get by with one car) * * * [ get baɪ] (D; intr.) ( to manage ) to get by on (to get by on very little) (D; intr.) (… …   Combinatory dictionary

• get along — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to manage ) to get along on (we cannot get along on his salary) 2) (D; intr.) ( to relate ) to get along with (how does she get along with her brother?) * * * [ getə lɒŋ] (D; intr.) ( to relate ) to get along with (how does she …   Combinatory dictionary

• get off (on) — vb a. to achieve satisfaction, exhilaration or inspiration (from). This American expression of the early 1970s is an extension of an earlier purely sexual sense of the phrase in which get off means to achieve orgasm. This concept was modified by… …   Contemporary slang

• get off the hook —    If you do something wrong and manage to get off the hook, you avoid punishment or blame.     Barry was questioned by the police but his lawyer managed to get him off the hook …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• get on — 1) we got on the train Syn: board, enter, step aboard, climb on, mount, ascend, catch; informal hop on, jump on 2) how are you getting on? Syn: fare, manage, progress, get along …   Thesaurus of popular words

• get the drop on someone — 1. tv. to succeed in getting an advantage over someone. □ I guess I got the drop on you because I was early. □ I got the drop on almost everybody by sending in my registration by mail. 2. tv. [for person A] to manage to get a gun aimed at person… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 …   Financial and business terms

• get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …   English World dictionary

• manage — [v1] be in charge, control administer, advocate, boss, call the shots*, call upon, captain, care for, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engage in, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head,… …   New thesaurus