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onto, embark, entrain, emplane or enplane, get or go aboard: We
got in the car and were driven away. You can get in here. b
enter, arrive, return, come or go in: I got in at eight today.
c fit or squeeze in, insert, slip in, include: He got in my
comment. The doctor got me in before anyone else. d arrive,
come in, land: My flight got in at dawn. 39 get into. a put
or put on, don, dress in, get dressed in: Here, get into this
uniform. b go into, discuss, become involved in, pursue, treat,
describe, delineate, detail, follow up on, penetrate: Do you
really want me to get into the nasty details? c be into, be or
become involved in, take up, pursue; enjoy, like, become
enthusiastic about, Slang get off on, get or become high on: I
could really get into farming. d See 38 (a), above. 40 get
off. a alight, disembark, get down from, get out of, dismount,
descend (from), climb or step down off or from, deplane,
detrain: She got off her bike and came towards me. b leave,
depart, go (off), set out or off: I hope to get off tomorrow
morning. c remove, take off, shed, doff: Can you get those
boots off easily? d cause to be set or go free, be or cause to
be acquitted or liberated or released or set free: A clever
lawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality. 41
get off on. See 39 (c), above. 42 get on. a See 28, above. b
See 38 (a), above. c See 39 (a), above. d grow or become late:
It's getting on and they'll be waiting. 43 get onto. a See 12,
above. b See 38 (a), above. c discover, learn about, become
aware of, find out about, Colloq Brit twig, US cotton (on) to:
If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it. 44 get out
(of). a leave, depart, go out or away, be off, retire: We got
out as quickly as we could. b escape, extricate oneself; be
released: She thought she'd never get out alive. c extract,
draw, wrest, force, drag or pry out, wring or get from: They'll
never get anything out of me! d gain, profit: Ask yourself
what you will get out of the deal. e avoid, evade, sidestep,
escape: Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PE
class. f See 25 (b), above. 45 get over. a surmount, cross,
climb, pass, traverse: A dog can't get over a fence that high.
b recover or recuperate from, survive: Which takes longer,
getting over a love affair or the measles? c finish, complete,
bring to an end: Let's get this over with as soon as possible.
d See 26, above. 46 get round or around. a bypass, circumvent,
skirt, avoid, evade, elude, outsmart, outwit, outmanoeuvre,
outflank, steal a march on, Colloq give (someone) the
run-around: Chris is always trying to get round the parking