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  • (Has the) cat got your tongue?
  • (I've) got to get moving
  • (I've) got to go
  • (I've) got to go home and get my beauty sleep
  • (I've) got to hit the road
  • (I've) got to run
  • (I've) got to split
  • (I've) got to take off
  • (You) got it?
  • (You) got that?
  • (have) got a thing going (with someone)
  • (have) got it going on
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • (one's) only got one pair of hands
  • (one) has a bright future ahead (of one)
  • (one) has got to be pushing off
  • (one) has got to be shoving off
  • (one) has got to push off
  • (one) has got to shove off
  • (one) still has (one's) communion money
  • (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
  • (you/it's) got me beat
  • Been there, done that got the T-shirt
  • Cat got your tongue?
  • Cat got your tongue?
  • Give it all you've got!
  • Have I got for you!
  • I have only got one pair of hands
  • I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me
  • I've got to fly
  • I've got work to do
  • I've only got one pair of hands
  • I’ve got to fly
  • I’ve got to split
  • Pull the other one(, it's got bells on)!
  • Something’s got to give
  • What's got into?
  • What's got(ten) into (someone)?
  • What's that got to do with the price of cheese?
  • What's that got to do with the price of eggs?
  • What's that got to do with the price of fish?
  • What's that got to do with the price of meat?
  • What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
  • You got it!
  • You got me there
  • You got that?
  • You got to do what you got to do
  • You're out of your mind!
  • You've got to be kidding!
  • You’ve got another think coming
  • a dumb priest never got a parish
  • a man's got to do what a man's got to do
  • ain't got a grain of sense
  • ain't got a lick of sense
  • ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel
  • ain't got the sense God gave geese
  • beats me
  • been there, done that, got the T-shirt
  • better things to do
  • cat got one's tongue
  • cat got your tongue, has the
  • get (a bit/a little) hairy
  • get (a lot of) grief (from someone)
  • get (a lot of) stick (from someone)
  • get (a) bad press
  • get (a) good press
  • get (a) mixed message(s)
  • get (a) mixed signal(s)
  • get (all) het up
  • get (all) up in (one's) (something)
  • get (all) up in (one's) face
  • get (any) ideas
  • get (one's)
  • get (one's) (own) house in order
  • get (one's) (own) way
  • get (one's) Dutch up
  • get (one's) back up
  • get (one's) bell rung
  • get (one's) blood up
  • get (one's) bowels in an uproar
  • get (one's) claws into (someone)
  • get (one's) clock cleaned
  • get (one's) dander up
  • get (one's) drift
  • get (one's) ear
  • get (one's) ears lowered
  • get (one's) ears pinned back
  • get (one's) ears set out
  • get (one's) end away
  • get (one's) eye
  • get (one's) finger out
  • get (one's) fingers burned
  • get (one's) hands dirty
  • get (one's) head around (something)
  • get (one's) head down
  • get (one's) head out of the sand
  • get (one's) head together
  • get (one's) hooks into (someone or something)
  • get (one's) hopes up
  • get (one's) jollies
  • get (one's) just deserts
  • get (one's) knickers in a twist
  • get (one's) knob polished
  • get (one's) knuckles rapped
  • get (one's) leg over
  • get (one's) lines crossed
  • get (one's) marching orders
  • get (one's) mitts on (something)
  • get (one's) mojo back
  • get (one's) monkey up
  • get (one's) nose out of joint
  • get (one's) number
  • get (one's) own back
  • get (one's) pink slip
  • get (one's) prescription filled
  • get (one's) prescription refilled
  • get (one's) priorities straight
  • get (one's) rocks off
  • get (one's) say
  • get (one's) shirt out
  • get (one's) shit together
  • get (one's) signals crossed
  • get (one's) start (in something)
  • get (one's) stuff together
  • get (one's) tail (somewhere)
  • get (one's) thinking cap on
  • get (one's) tits in a wringer
  • get (one's) undivided attention
  • get (one's) walking papers
  • get (one's) wings
  • get (one's) wires crossed
  • get (one's) wits about (one)
  • get (one's)/the facts straight
  • get (one's)/the knife into (someone)
  • get (one) by the short and curlies
  • get (one) by the short hairs
  • get (one) off the hook
  • get (one) out of (one's) shell
  • get (one) over a barrel
  • get (one) right here
  • get (one) wrong
  • get (oneself) in gear
  • get (some) steam up
  • get (someone or something) under (one's) control
  • get (someone) by the balls
  • get (something) (down) on paper
  • get (something) down
  • get (something) down in black and white
  • get (something) down to a science
  • get (something) for (someone or something)
  • get (something) from (someone or something)
  • get (something) in apple-pie order
  • get (something) in black and white
  • get (something) in one
  • get (something) in(to) perspective
  • get (something) ironed out
  • get (something) moving
  • get (something) off pat
  • get (something) off the shelf
  • get (something) on (someone)
  • get (something) on tick
  • get (something) out in the open
  • get (something) out of perspective
  • get (something) over and done with
  • get (something) over with
  • get (something) rolling
  • get (something) straight from the horse's mouth
  • get (something) under (one's) belt
  • get (the) clearance to (do something)
  • get (the) clearance to have (something)
  • get (the) what for
  • get PO'd
  • get a 20 on (someone)
  • get a bead on (someone or something)
  • get a big head
  • get a black eye
  • get a bloody nose
  • get a break
  • get a buzz on
  • get a can on
  • get a charley horse
  • get a cob on
  • get a crush on (someone)
  • get a fair shake
  • get a foothold
  • get a foothold in (something)
  • get a free hand
  • get a free hand with (something)
  • get a free ride
  • get a fresh start
  • get a gift of (something)
  • get a gold star
  • get a good look at (someone or something)
  • get a grip
  • get a grip of (oneself)
  • get a guernsey
  • get a hammering
  • get a hand for (something)
  • get a handle on (something)
  • get a hard time (from someone)
  • get a hold on (one)
  • get a hurry on
  • get a kick out of (someone or something)
  • get a laugh
  • get a licking
  • get a life
  • get a line on (someone or something)
  • get a load of this
  • get a load on
  • get a look in
  • get a lump in (one's) throat
  • get a makeover
  • get a move on
  • get a pasting
  • get a pink slip
  • get a price on (one's) head
  • get a quart into a pint pot
  • get a rain check
  • get a raw deal
  • get a red face
  • get a reputation (for something)
  • get a ribbing (from someone)
  • get a roasting
  • get a say (in something)
  • get a shellacking
  • get a start
  • get a start in (something)
  • get a taste for (something)
  • get a taste of (one's) own medicine
  • get a thick ear
  • get a ticket
  • get a toehold
  • get a voice (in something)
  • get a whiff of (something)
  • get a wiggle on
  • get a wild hair to (do something)
  • get a wild hair up (one's) ass
  • get a wild hair up (one's) butt
  • get a word in edgeways
  • get a word in edgewise
  • get a wriggle on
  • get a/(one's) foot in the door
  • get a/(one's) leg in the door
  • get a/(one's) second breath
  • get a/(one's) second wind
  • get a/the bright idea
  • get a/the feel of (something)
  • get a/the start
  • get aboard
  • get about
  • get across
  • get after (someone or something)
  • get ahead
  • get ahead of (oneself)
  • get ahead of (someone or something)
  • get ahold of (one)
  • get ahold of (oneself)
  • get along
  • get along in years
  • get along on (something)
  • get along on a shoestring
  • get along without
  • get an earful
  • get an even break
  • get an eyeball on (someone or something)
  • get an eyeful
  • get an inkling (of something)
  • get an/the edge on (someone or something)
  • get an/the edge over (someone or something)
  • get an/the itch for (something)
  • get an/the itch to (do something)
  • get ants in the/(one's) pants
  • get anywhere
  • get around
  • get around to (doing something)
  • get around to (something)
  • get at (someone or something)
  • get at the root of the problem
  • get away
  • get away from it all
  • get away scot-free
  • get away with (someone or something)
  • get away with murder
  • get axed
  • get back
  • get back at (one)
  • get back on the rails
  • get back to (doing) (something)
  • get back to (someone)
  • get back to nature
  • get back up
  • get behind (someone or something)
  • get behind in (something)
  • get behind on (something)
  • get behind with (something)
  • get bent out of shape
  • get better
  • get between
  • get between (someone or something)
  • get beyond a joke
  • get blood from a stone
  • get blood out of a stone
  • get booted
  • get brain
  • get burned (by someone)
  • get busy
  • get butterflies in (one's) stomach
  • get by
  • get by on a shoestring
  • get by with (something)
  • get canned
  • get carried away
  • get carried away with (someone or something)
  • get catcalled
  • get clean away
  • get cold feet
  • get done for (something)
  • get down
  • get down from (something)
  • get down on all fours
  • get down on one knee
  • get down to (doing something)
  • get down to brass tacks
  • get down to cases
  • get down to it
  • get down to some serious drinking
  • get down to the facts
  • get down to the nitty-gritty
  • get down to the nuts and bolts
  • get down to work
  • get down with (someone or something)
  • get dunked on
  • get enough courage up (to do something)
  • get enough guts up (to do something)
  • get enough nerve up (to do something)
  • get enough pluck up (to do something)
  • get enough spunk up (to do something)
  • get euchred out of (something)
  • get even
  • get even (with someone)
  • get even with
  • get face
  • get flak
  • get free from (someone or something)
  • get fresh with (one)
  • get from A to B
  • get going
  • get goose bumps
  • get goose flesh
  • get goose pimples
  • get heavy
  • get hell
  • get hit for six
  • get hit on
  • get hitched
  • get hold of (one)
  • get hold of (oneself)
  • get hold of the right end of the stick
  • get hold of the wrong end of the stick
  • get hot
  • get hot under the collar
  • get in
  • get in (one's) hair
  • get in Dutch (with someone)
  • get in a bad mood
  • get in a tizzle
  • get in arrears
  • get in deeper
  • get in good condition
  • get in good shape
  • get in good with (someone)
  • get in harm's way
  • get in on the act
  • get in on the ground floor
  • get in sync (with someone or something)
  • get in the act
  • get in the groove
  • get in the swing of it/things
  • get in there
  • get in through the back door
  • get in touch with (something)
  • get in tune with the times
  • get in vogue
  • get in with (someone)
  • get in(to)
  • get in(to) a flap
  • get in(to) a lather
  • get in(to) a stew
  • get in(to) a tizz(y)
  • get in(to) gear
  • get in(to) heat
  • get in(to) line
  • get in(to) shape
  • get in(to) step (with someone or something)
  • get in(to) the mainstream (of something)
  • get in(to) time (with someone or something)
  • get in(to) trouble
  • get in(to) trouble with (someone)
  • get infested with (something)
  • get inside
  • get into (a bit of) a jam
  • get into (bit of) a jam
  • get into (one's) stride
  • get into (someone or something)
  • get into (someone's) bad books
  • get into a (tight) spot
  • get into a fight
  • get into a fix
  • get into a huddle
  • get into a lather
  • get into a mess
  • get into a tizzle
  • get into a vicious circle
  • get into an argument
  • get into an argument about (someone or something)
  • get into an argument about (someone or something) with (someone)
  • get into an argument over (someone or something)
  • get into an argument over (someone or something) with (someone)
  • get into an argument with (one) over (someone or something)
  • get into an argument with (someone)
  • get into an argument with (someone) about (someone or something)
  • get into an argument with (someone) over (someone or something)
  • get into bad company
  • get into bed with (someone or something)
  • get into debt
  • get into focus
  • get into good shape
  • get into it
  • get into power
  • get into print
  • get into the act
  • get into the pink of condition
  • get into the pink of health
  • get into the spirit (of something)
  • get into the swing of it/things
  • get into the way
  • get into the wrong hands
  • get into trouble
  • get involved (in or with someone or something)
  • get it
  • get it (all) together
  • get it in the neck
  • get it off with (someone)
  • get it on
  • get it over with
  • get it together
  • get it up
  • get itchy feet
  • get itchy fingers
  • get kicked to the curb
  • get knocked out cold
  • get laid
  • get lost in translation
  • get lucky
  • get mad
  • get mad at (someone or something)
  • get married
  • get mixed up in (something)
  • get more than (one) bargained for
  • get naked
  • get nasty
  • get nowhere fast
  • get nutted
  • get off
  • get off (one's) back
  • get off (one's) case
  • get off a few good ones
  • get off at (some place)
  • get off easy
  • get off light
  • get off lightly
  • get off on (something)
  • get off on the right foot
  • get off on the wrong foot
  • get off scot-free
  • get off the dime
  • get off the ground
  • get off the mark
  • get off to a false start
  • get off to a flying start
  • get off to a fresh start
  • get off to sleep
  • get off track
  • get off with (someone)
  • get off with (something)
  • get off-kilter
  • get on
  • get on (one's) feet
  • get on (one's) nerves
  • get on (one's) soapbox
  • get on (one's) wick
  • get on (someone or something)
  • get on famously
  • get on for (something)
  • get on in the company
  • get on in the world
  • get on in years
  • get on like a house afire
  • get on like a house on fire
  • get on the (phone) extension
  • get on the bandwagon
  • get on the horn
  • get on the phone
  • get on the stick
  • get on the wrong side of the law
  • get on to (someone)
  • get on to (something)
  • get on top of (something)
  • get on up
  • get on with (something)
  • get on with it
  • get one over on (one)
  • get onto
  • get onto the phone
  • get out
  • get out of (one's) face
  • get out of (one's) hair
  • get out of (one's) way
  • get out of a fix
  • get out of a jam
  • get out of a/this/that mess
  • get out of bed on the wrong side
  • get out of control
  • get out of hand
  • get out of hock
  • get out of jail
  • get out of kilter
  • get out of sync (with someone or something)
  • get out of the way
  • get out of the wrong side of (the) bed
  • get out of this popsicle stand
  • get out of this taco stand
  • get out of time (with someone or something)
  • get out of town
  • get out with (one's) life
  • get over it
  • get past (someone or something)
  • get pasted
  • get pinked
  • get pinned for (something
  • get pins and needles
  • get pissed off
  • get played like a fiddle
  • get plugged into (something)
  • get real
  • get religion
  • get right
  • get right on (something)
  • get riled up
  • get ripped to shreds
  • get rolling
  • get round
  • get round (someone)
  • get round (something)
  • get round to (doing something)
  • get scabbed
  • get screwed
  • get serious
  • get shed of (someone or something)
  • get shet of (someone or something)
  • get short with (one)
  • get shut of (someone or something)
  • get sick
  • get smart (with one)
  • get snowed
  • get some
  • get some action
  • get some air
  • get some rays
  • get some shuteye
  • get some tail
  • get something going
  • get something straight
  • get spliced
  • get squiffy
  • get started on (something)
  • get steamed up
  • get straight
  • get straight to the point
  • get stuck in
  • get stuck into (something)
  • get stupid drunk
  • get taken to task (by someone)
  • get taken to the cleaners (by someone)
  • get the (dead) needle
  • get the OK
  • get the W
  • get the advantage of (something)
  • get the advantage over (someone or something)
  • get the air
  • get the all-clear
  • get the ax(e)
  • get the ball rolling
  • get the best of (someone or something)
  • get the better of (someone or something)
  • get the boot
  • get the bullet
  • get the bum's rush
  • get the business
  • get the can
  • get the chop
  • get the cold shoulder
  • get the courage up (to do something)
  • get the devil
  • get the drift of (something)
  • get the drop on (someone or something)
  • get the elbow
  • get the feeling
  • get the first crack at (something)
  • get the gate
  • get the go-by
  • get the guts up (to do something)
  • get the hell out (of some place)
  • get the hook
  • get the hots for (someone)
  • get the hump
  • get the idea
  • get the inside track
  • get the jitters
  • get the jump on (someone or something)
  • get the kinks ironed out
  • get the kinks out
  • get the lead out
  • get the low-down
  • get the message
  • get the munchies
  • get the nerve up (to do something)
  • get the nod
  • get the picture
  • get the pluck up (to do something)
  • get the point
  • get the push
  • get the royal treatment
  • get the run of (some place)
  • get the runaround
  • get the sack
  • get the shakes
  • get the shivers
  • get the short end
  • get the short end of the stick
  • get the shove
  • get the show on the road
  • get the silent treatment
  • get the sniffles
  • get the snuffles
  • get the spunk up (to do something)
  • get the stick
  • get the third degree
  • get the time
  • get the upper hand
  • get the vapors
  • get the weather gage of (someone or something)
  • get the whetstone
  • get the whip hand
  • get the wooden spoon
  • get the word
  • get the worst of (something)
  • get the wrinkles out (of something)
  • get the wrong idea (about someone or something)
  • get thee behind me
  • get there (the) firstest with the mostest
  • get thin on top
  • get this show on the road
  • get through
  • get to (one's) feet
  • get to first base
  • get to the point
  • get to the root of (something)
  • get to the root of the problem
  • get to the top (of something)
  • get together
  • get torqued off
  • get tough
  • get turfed
  • get turfed out
  • get under (something)
  • get under way
  • get untracked
  • get up
  • get up a (full) head of steam
  • get up a thirst
  • get up against (someone or something)
  • get up an appetite
  • get up off (of) (something)
  • get up on the wrong side of (the) bed
  • get up steam
  • get up to (something)
  • get used
  • get weaving
  • get well
  • get wet
  • get while the getting is good
  • get while the going is good
  • get wind of (something)
  • get wise (to someone or something)
  • get wise to (someone or something)
  • get with (someone or something)
  • get with the program
  • get word (from someone or something)
  • give it all you've got
  • got it
  • got it bad
  • got it in one
  • got me stumped
  • got the dragon
  • got to get moving
  • got to give
  • got to go
  • got to go home and get my beauty sleep
  • got to run
  • got to split
  • got to take off
  • got up on the wrong side of bed
  • has got game
  • has the cat got your tongue?
  • have (got) (one's) nose out of joint
  • have (got) (one's) number
  • have (got) (someone's) back
  • have (got) (someone) pegged as (something)
  • have (got) a knack for (something)
  • have (got) a load on
  • have (got) a short fuse
  • have (got) a tiger by the tail
  • have (got) an/(one's) eye on (something)
  • have (got) it all over
  • have (got) to (do something)
  • have (got) to hand it to (someone)
  • have (one) taped
  • have (someone) by the short hairs
  • have (something) down cold
  • have (something) to do
  • have a big mouth
  • have a corncob up (one's) ass
  • have a corncob up (one's) butt
  • have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock
  • have a lick of the tar brush
  • have a load on
  • have a loud mouth
  • have a mind like a sieve
  • have a poker up (one's) arse
  • have a poker up (one's) ass
  • have a poker up (one's) butt
  • have a screw loose
  • have a tiger by the tail
  • have a touch of the tar brush
  • have ass in a sling
  • have bats in the belfry
  • have got back
  • have got it bad
  • have got it in (one)
  • have got it in for (someone)
  • have got nothing on (someone or something)
  • have got something taped
  • have got to (do something)
  • have it all together
  • have it in (one)
  • have it in for (someone)
  • have it made
  • have it made in the shade
  • have many strings to (one's) bow
  • have mind in the gutter
  • have more than one string to (one's) bow
  • have no strings attached
  • have nothing on (someone or something)
  • have nothing to do
  • have skin in the game
  • have something down to a fine art
  • have strings attached
  • have the mouth of a sailor
  • have to
  • have to shove off
  • have toys in the attic
  • have what it takes
  • have/get (something) down pat
  • haven't got all day
  • if you've got it, flaunt it
  • like the cat that got the cream
  • like the cat that got, stole, etc. the cream
  • like the cat that stole the cream
  • like the cat that's got the cream
  • not get (one's) hopes up
  • not have a penny
  • not have a pot to piss in
  • not have a red cent
  • not have a stitch of clothes (one)
  • not have a stitch of clothing (one)
  • not have a stitch on
  • not have a/the ghost of a chance
  • one that got away
  • pull the other leg (it's got bells on)!
  • put (one's) monkey up
  • put (one's) pot on
  • someone's only got one pair of hands
  • something's got to give
  • the biter gets bit
  • the cat has got someone's tongue
  • the cat's got (one's) tongue
  • the one that got away
  • the one who/that got away
  • time to hit the road
  • we've got a right one here
  • what's got into somebody?
  • wrong end of the stick, (got hold of) the
  • you have (got) to laugh
  • you have got to be kidding (me)
  • you must be joking
  • you name it, (one's) got it
  • you name it, somebody's got it
  • you never know what you've got till it's gone
  • you've got a lot of nerve
  • you've got a point there
  • you've got another thing coming
  • you've got another think coming
  • you've got me
  • you've got me there
  • you've got to be in it to win it
  • you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
  • you've/it's got me stumped
References in classic literature
However, she could find nothing but a bottle of ink, and when she got back with it she found he had recovered, and he and the Queen were talking together in a frightened whisper--so low, that Alice could hardly hear what they said.
To which the Queen replied, 'You haven't got any whiskers.'
'I got back home quick as I could,' he said, 'and relates the proceedings to Gentleman.
"No, I'm lighter than you; you go next." So Tom got on East's shoulders, and grasped the tree above, and then Martin scrambled up on to Tom's shoulders, amidst the totterings and groanings of the pyramid, and, with a spring which sent his supporters howling to the ground, clasped the stem some ten feet up, and remained clinging.
All went well till he was within ten feet of the ground, when, as the trunk enlarged, his hold got less and less firm, and at last down he came with a run, tumbling on to his back on the turf, spluttering and spitting out the remains of the great egg, which had broken by the jar of his fall.
And after a day or two more it became clear that got rid of he must be; so they packed him and sealed him up in brown paper, and put him in the cupboard of an unoccupied study, where he was found in the holidays by the matron, a gruesome body.
"I've got the young varmint at last, have I," pants the farmer; "why, they've been a-skulking about my yard and stealing my fowls--that's where 'tis; and if I doan't have they flogged for it, every one on 'em, my name ain't Thompson."
As my time drew nearer, and there got to be talk of my having a new coat for the ceremony, my mind began to misgive me.
I got the new coat as cheap as I could, and I went through all the rest of it as cheap as I could.
When they got married the book stopped right off, so I reckon their troubles were all over.
"Billy seemed the sanest of the lot till he got married and then this queer jealous streak cropped out in him.
"His wife would have to do all the barn work till he got over his spell.
As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her.
I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find.
I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner--but it hurt my teeth.