Phrasal Verbs with "GET"

hi I'm Lisa in this video you will learn 23 phrasal verbs with the verb to get this will help you understand native speakers and you'll be able to speak English with more fluency and more confidence [Music] English phrasal verbs can be so confusing and there are so many of them but they're very important part of the English language and they're commonly used by native speakers phrasal verbs are made up of two or more words and they change the meaning of the original verb for example the verb to look means to see or to examine but

when we add the preposition up to look up that means to search for information or to research let's learn how to use some English phrasal verbs with the verb to get the verb to get can mean to receive or to obtain but when it's combined with other words it can have a lot of different meanings for example to get back at someone or to get back to someone or to get back with someone these three phrasal verbs have different meanings or for example to get away with someone is very different from to get away with

something we will learn the meaning of these phrasal verbs plus many more first let's look at the pronunciation rules to make sure you have a good accent when you're saying these phrasal verbs let's look at the pronunciation of the phrasal verbs to get around and to get through when we have a vowel following the T we say it like this geta get around get around some people call that sound a flap t or a fast D sound or it may sound like an R sound of your native language get around get around so when we

have a t between two vowels that t changes get around so we say get off get into get away but when the t is followed by another consonant the t is not pronounced that way in that case we hold the t we do this get don't release your tongue don't say get so it's not get through it's like this get through let's say that get through get through get by we don't say get by don't release the t hold it get by get by get going let's get going let's get going all right let's get

started with learning some phrasal verbs with the verb to get let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to get around and to get around to it to get around means to move from place to place to travel or to be able to go to different places without difficulty and here are some ways you can use this phrasal verb you can say in my city it's easy to get around by bicycle or I usually get around by car we got around the country by train how do you get around in Los Angeles it's hard

to get around without a car or we can say something like this my grandmother is finding it harder to get around these days she can't move so easily or you can use it like this wow you were in New York last week and this week you're in London you really get around don't you you move from place to place a lot it also has that meaning but how about to get around to it that means to finally do something that has been postponed or delayed to finally find time to do something we often say to

get around to it when we're talking about something that we really don't want to do something that we don't enjoy doing or it's difficult to do it for example you can say I need to clean my room but I just can't seem to get around to it or you can say I've been so busy but I need to get around to booking a flight for my vacation I've got so much to do today I don't know when I'll get around to it let's listen to the way some other people used it well you know I

don't really feel like doing this right now but I'll get around to it and I just didn't get around to it till this month because it was such an overwhelming task if you can do it tomorrow well you may not ever get around to it what do you need to get away all right let's let's do you know the diff what's the difference between get away and get away with to get away means to escape or to go on vacation we can say I need to get away from this city for a while it's so

noisy and crowded or we can say let's get away for the weekend that means let's take a short trip we can also use it as a noun we can say a getaway a getaway we're going to stress the first word and we're gonna say it as one word getaway and that means a short vacation somewhere nearby not too far away we can say we had a nice two-day getaway in the mountains that was a very relaxing getaway but what about the meaning of to get away with something that means to avoid being caught or punished

for doing something wrong for example you can say children don't think that you can get away with telling lies that means people will find out or I will find out you can't get away with it he did a terrible thing we can't let him get away with it that means he must be punished or we can say he never got caught he got away with murder let's listen to the way some other people used it he doesn't want to talk about the lack of jobs or the failing schools and I'm not going to let him

get away with it and I can assure you that we're not going to let them get away with it and the difference between these three phrasal verbs just the prepositions are different and the meaning is completely different to get back at someone to get back to someone and to get back with someone do you know the difference let's learn them to get back at someone means to take revenge on someone someone who has hurt you so you hurt them because they hurt you you get back at them we can say it like this she wanted

to get back at her ex-boyfriend so she spread rumors about him or we can say you did it just to get back at me all right now let's learn to get back to someone that means to reply or to respond to someone's message or request for example we can say I'll get back to you as soon as I have more information thank you for getting back to me so quickly I'm sorry I forgot to get back to you let's listen to how some other people used it think about that and I'll get back to you

comment down below if you have a question and I will get back to you I called her back and then she did not get back to me and let's learn the third meaning of to get back this one is to get back with someone to get back with someone means to have a romantic relationship with someone again after you broke up with them so you used to be with them and then you broke up and now you're back together again you got back with them we can say her boyfriend is texting her all the time

because he wants to get back with her did you hear that he got back with his ex-wife let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to get over someone or something or to get it over with to get over something or someone means to recover from a difficult situation or an emotional experience or to move on from a relationship we can say it took me a long time to get over the breakup but I'm finally feeling better or we can say I was upset but I got over it pretty quickly and we commonly use

to get over for an illness we can say it's been two weeks and I'm finally getting over the flu or how long did it take you to get over the virus let's look at the phrasal verb to get it over with that means to do or finish something that is difficult or unpleasant or undesirable to finish it as quickly as possible so that you don't have to deal with it anymore so that you don't have to think about it anymore you can say I just want to get it over with and move on or it's

going to be tough but let's just get it over with and finish the project let's do something we don't want to do but we should finish it or if you have to give someone bad news but you don't like doing it you can tell a person you'd better give them the bad news do it now and get it over with let's just get it over with I can't wait until it's over I just want to get it over with let's listen to how some other people use this expression if you know what's going to happen

let's get it over with right let's make it happen sooner rather than later and I would just rush through like as fast as I possibly could just to get it over with get it over with and move on to more interesting things let's learned the difference between the phrasal verbs to get through something and to get through to someone to get through means to finish to complete something especially something that's difficult to manage to survive something for example you can say I don't know how we're going to get through this crisis I finally managed to

get through the driving test it will take two weeks to get through all the paperwork now let's look at the meaning of to get through to someone and that means to succeed in making someone understand something that you're trying to tell them you can say I've been trying to get through to him but he just won't listen I finally got through to her she finally understands what I'm trying to say or if you're frustrated with someone you can say it's impossible to get through to you you just don't understand me and you don't want to

listen I can't get through to you let's listen to how some other people used it a lot of times the teachers feel like they can't get through to you that's what we're trying to get through to you here he's trying to get through to you let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to get to someone and to get to something to get to someone means to affect or to upset someone deeply or to really annoy someone you can say this traffic is really getting to me I can't stand it anymore it's affecting me

or you can say I'm sorry if I said something that got to you I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or I quit my job because the stress was getting to me it was affecting me a lot or you can say to someone don't let it get to you and that means don't let it affect you don't let it stress you out don't let it get to you let's listen to how some other people use this expression a lot of pressure in this round so don't let it get to you just relax and go and

so so don't let it get to you too much I mean it's not so bad don't let it get to you just keep doing your thing baby and then we have the phrasal verb to get to something and we often say to get to it I'll get to it and that means to start doing something or to start dealing with something for example I can say I'll get to it as soon as I can I'll start doing it I'll start dealing with it I've been delaying it for too long I need to get to it

I need to start studying for the exam let's learn the difference between to get together and to get it together to get it together to get together means to meet or to come together with others we can say we're getting together later to celebrate her birthday or let's get together soon and catch up it's been such a long time since we've seen each other let's get together we got together last Saturday or we can use it as a noun a get together and that means a small gathering a small informal party she's having a get-together

tonight that was a really fun get together and now let's look at to get it together to get it together means to become more organized or to become less foolish and to make better decisions and to take positive action to improve the state of your life we can say I need to get it together and start working on my goals or she finally got it together and she finished College or if you're frustrated with someone because they're not improving their life you can say when are you finally going to get it together you need to

get it together you better get it together you better get it together because your family needs you honestly get it together come on get it together let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to get on and to get on with it to get on means to make progress and it's common to use it this way how are you getting on at school or how are you getting on with your studies and that means what kind of progress are you making I called to say hi and to find out how you're getting on now

let's look at to get on with it that means to continue doing something after stopping it for example you can say I'm sorry for interrupting you I'm gonna leave now so that you can get on with your work or you can say can we please get on with the meeting or let's get on with it let's continue doing it why are we delaying it let's get on with it let's listen to how some other people used it we got a lot of work to do let's get on with it I really appreciate it now let's

get on with it let's look at the difference between these two phrasal verbs to get someone down and to get down to something to get someone down means to make someone feel sad or to make them feel like they've lost hope you can say this kind of weather always gets me down it gets me down or if you want to cheer someone up you can say don't let it get you down don't be discouraged don't be sad I remember an old song and the lyrics go like this rainy days and Mondays always get me down

so those days always depress me they make me sad don't let it get you down cheer up or you can say don't let that person get you down don't let him get you down don't let her get you down don't let them affect you let's look at the phrasal verb to get down to and that means to begin to be serious about something to direct your attention to something for example we can say let's get down to business that's a very common expression let's get down to business and that means let's start doing what needs

to be done it doesn't necessarily mean business it's just the serious work let's get down to business stop talking and let's get down to work let's listen to how some other people used it let's get down to business all right let's get down to business here let's get down to business and fix this problem let's learn the difference between the phrasal verbs to get on and to get in we use to get in for a car I'm gonna get in a car for the other transportation for example bus airplane train motorcycle boat we say to

get on hurry up and get in the car I got on the bus I got on the plane so it's in the car on the plane on the train on the horse on the boat and so on and the opposite of get on and get in is to get out of and to get off so we say to get out of the car let's pronounce that correctly get out of get out of get out of the car repeat after me I got out of the car I got out of the car and for the other

Transportation methods such as bus airplane train motorcycle and so on we say to get off I'll be getting off the train at the next station a lot of people got off the bus at the last stop so get out of the car get off the bus are you confused by all these different phrasal verbs with the verb to get you can review this video watch it again practice again and make your own sentences to improve your fluency in English make sure that you keep learning new phrasal verbs there are so many of them not just

with the verb to get but with so many other verbs that's such an important part of being fluent in English and when you learn a new one make your own sentence that way you're much more likely to remember it thanks for watching and keep practicing your English to get the two courses the American accent course and the 400 Advanced words you must know for fluent English go to accurateenglish.com