got
Americanverb
auxiliary verb
verb
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the past tense and past participle of get
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to possess
he has got three apples
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(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
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informal to be infatuated
Usage
See get.
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Example Sentences
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Last year, I told my daughter and her husband that I would pay off their mortgage if they got it under $76,000.
From MarketWatch
That means a letter dropped in a mailbox on Monday could be postmarked on Wednesday, if that was the day it got to a processing facility.
Her basket hat started well, but about a third of the way in, she got cancer “and her stitches became more and more ragged. She had trouble concentrating, trouble preparing materials,” Hammel-Sawyer said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I actually got a message from Paul, which is pretty cool,” Clooney says, smiling.
From Los Angeles Times
In fact, she got her start at the age of 8 as the titular “Little Match Girl” on NBC’s “Young People’s Specials.”
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