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got

American  
[got] / gɒt /

verb

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

auxiliary verb

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

got British  
/ ɡɒt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of get

    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

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Yet he’s made sure she got her instrument back unharmed.

From Literature

“Our producer, Bob Rock, is a huge hockey fan and really got us into going to the Ducks and Kings games.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We just got a four,” she told Steve Malone, the head of the seismology lab.

From Literature

“If you think that I was outspoken before this, hahahaha, just wait,” Lemon said after he got back on the mic.

From Salon

Throughout his career, Mandelson's ability to hob-nob with the rich and powerful has been an asset but repeatedly got him into trouble.

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