15 GET idioms YOU must know: Speak Natural English, English vocabulary lesson

So you all know the word 'get', right? But how many different meanings do you think

'get' has? Well if you go and take a look at the oxford dictionary and you scroll

down the whole web page, you can find 27 different meanings!!

That's obviously a lot of meanings for one word!

And on top of that "get" is used a lot in different expressions

phrases and idioms, so that's what we're going to do today.

In today's lesson i'm going to teach you 15 different expressions

phrases or idioms which include "get" But if we're just meeting for the first

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Okay then here are 15 really common expressions

So number one on this list is "get rid of" "get rid of" and this simply means to

throw away. But it's not used for things like trash

or rubbish instead we use this for things like

clothes, furniture, books anything in your house

and it's usually used for old items; things that you haven't used for a long

time. So for me every new season I try to get

rid of some old clothes that i haven't worn for a long time.

Now how about you? Are you the kind of person that gets rid of things easily

or do you tend to keep things for a long time? Let me know

below in the comments! Number two is "to get one's act together".

Rhis simply means to become more organized and to take things more

seriously. For example, I finally got my act

together and started taking my career seriously.

Number three is to get into trouble. Now this means to get

caught doing something bad and this is a really common expression

especially when talking about teenagers because they often do bad things. It can also be used to describe someone who's quite mischievous.

How about you? Are you the kind of person that used to get into trouble as a

teenager? Again let me know below in the comments.

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because it really does help me a lot! Number four is

to get some shut eye and this one simply means to sleep.

Of course when you're sleeping your eyes are shut so

you can see why we use this idiom. To get some shut-eye.

In a sentence, I really need to go home and get some shut-eye.

I have to wake up early tomorrow! Number 5 is

to get one's own way. Now if someone gets their

own way it means that they have everything that they want

always! This is used a lot when you're complaining about someone because

they're quite selfish. You can say you always get your own way

we never do anything that i want to do! How about you are you a person that

always gets your own way? Write your answer below. Six is a pretty

funny idiom it is to get one's teeth into something.

And this just means to do something with a lot of dedication

or a lot of passion. and we use this quite a lot at work.

For example, I can't wait to get my teeth into this project.

This just means that you're really excited to start this project! and number

seven is to get away with something. This means to do

something bad but not get punished for it. So how about

you? Did you ever cheat on a test at school