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get along |
co-operate, give and take
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Joey gets along with everybody. He is very co-operative.
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get along |
cope, live, manage
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I don't know how I'll get along without you. How will I manage?
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get along |
go, do not stay here
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Get along now. Go home, please.
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get around |
visit friends and places, socialize
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With a full-time job and three kids, I don't get around much.
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get around it |
avoid rules or laws, find a way around
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You must obtain a business license. You can't get around it.
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get around to |
do, work at, complete
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I haven't got around to calling him yet. I haven't had time.
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get at |
suggest, imply
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When you said I was slow, what were you getting at?
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get at it |
do it, get busy, get to it
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Well, this work has to be done. Let's get at it.
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get away with |
not obey the rules, not get caught
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He gets away with speeding, but the police will soon catch him.
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get axed |
be fired, be dismissed
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He got axed for stealing funds.
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