get a charge
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“Your credit card company is going to be there to advocate for you if you get a charge that's fraudulent, right?” she said.
From Salon
He added: "I didn't make something up to get a charge over the line."
From BBC
“The technology knows who you are — you’re a verified and authentic user — you can get a charge.”
From Seattle Times
"If we can at least get a charge of domestic violence it will be a victory," Seheda said, adding that there was still a view among some judges and police officers that domestic violence was a private matter to be settled between a couple.
From Reuters
Some people get a "charge" out of "rallying against a scapegoat" or "getting high off of a sense of persecution or of persecuting others," he said.
From Salon
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