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onto, embark, entrain, emplane or enplane, get or go aboard: We<br />

got in the car and were driven away. You can get in here. b<br />

enter, arrive, return, come or go in: I got in at eight today.<br />

c fit or squeeze in, insert, slip in, include: He got in my<br />

comment. The doctor got me in before anyone else. d arrive,<br />

come in, land: My flight got in at dawn. 39 get into. a put<br />

or put on, don, dress in, get dressed in: Here, get into this<br />

uniform. b go into, discuss, become involved in, pursue, treat,<br />

describe, delineate, detail, follow up on, penetrate: Do you<br />

really want me to get into the nasty details? c be into, be or<br />

become involved in, take up, pursue; enjoy, like, become<br />

enthusiastic about, Slang get off on, get or become high on: I<br />

could really get into farming. d See 38 (a), above. 40 get<br />

off. a alight, disembark, get down from, get out of, dismount,<br />

descend (from), climb or step down off or from, deplane,<br />

detrain: She got off her bike and came towards me. b leave,<br />

depart, go (off), set out or off: I hope to get off tomorrow<br />

morning. c remove, take off, shed, doff: Can you get those<br />

boots off easily? d cause to be set or go free, be or cause to<br />

be acquitted or liberated or released or set free: A clever<br />

lawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality. 41<br />

get off on. See 39 (c), above. 42 get on. a See 28, above. b<br />

See 38 (a), above. c See 39 (a), above. d grow or become late:<br />

It's getting on and they'll be waiting. 43 get onto. a See 12,<br />

above. b See 38 (a), above. c discover, learn about, become<br />

aware of, find out about, Colloq Brit twig, US cotton (on) to:<br />

If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it. 44 get out<br />

(of). a leave, depart, go out or away, be off, retire: We got<br />

out as quickly as we could. b escape, extricate oneself; be<br />

released: She thought she'd never get out alive. c extract,<br />

draw, wrest, force, drag or pry out, wring or get from: They'll<br />

never get anything out of me! d gain, profit: Ask yourself<br />

what you will get out of the deal. e avoid, evade, sidestep,<br />

escape: Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PE<br />

class. f See 25 (b), above. 45 get over. a surmount, cross,<br />

climb, pass, traverse: A dog can't get over a fence that high.<br />

b recover or recuperate from, survive: Which takes longer,<br />

getting over a love affair or the measles? c finish, complete,<br />

bring to an end: Let's get this over with as soon as possible.<br />

d See 26, above. 46 get round or around. a bypass, circumvent,<br />

skirt, avoid, evade, elude, outsmart, outwit, outmanoeuvre,<br />

outflank, steal a march on, Colloq give (someone) the<br />

run-around: Chris is always trying to get round the parking

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