a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
the act of making coffee in a percolator
the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"