got

[got]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of get.

auxiliary verb

1. Informal.,  must; have got (followed by an infinitive).

got

/ ɡɒt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of get

2. 1. to possess

      he has got three apples

   2. (takes an infinitive) used as an auxiliary to express compulsion felt to be imposed by or upon the speaker

      I've got to get a new coat

3. informal,  to be infatuated

Usage

See get.

Example Sentences

There were some funny folks who got up onstage, but Cash shouted out to them, “You don’t need to be funny! This is just clearing!”

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I covered City against Leeds on Saturday and they got lucky, while away from home they have lost three times already.

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But the change never got the required federal approval so the extension was moot.

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Sheffield Wednesday fans hoping for greater clarity on their situation got it today – and it's good news.

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A teenager who died after being hit by a car on a motorway had got out of an ambulance shortly before the crash, police say.

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• earn 
• gain 
• grab 
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• obtain 
• pick up 
• pull 
• realize 
• receive 
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