[garment] See: FOUNDATION GARMENT.
[gas] See: STEP ON IT or STEP ON THE GAS.
[gasket] See: BLOW A FUSE or BLOW A GASKET.
[gas up] <v.>, <informal> 1. To fill the gasoline tank of. * /The mechanics gassed up the planes for their long trip./ 2. To fill the tank with gasoline. * /The big truck stopped at the filling station and gassed up./
[gate] See: GET THE BOUNCE or GET THE GATE, GIVE THE BOUNCE or GIVE THE GATE.
[gate crasher] See: CRASH THE GATE.
[gather] See: ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
[gather in] <v.>, <informal> To catch. * /The end gathered in the pass and went over for a touchdown./
[gauntlet] See: RUN THE GAUNTLET, THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET.
[gay nineties] <n.> The years between 1890 and 1900; remembered as a happy exciting time. * /Ladies wore large hats in the gay nineties./ * /Picnics were popular in the gay nineties./
[gaze] See: CRYSTAL GAZING.
[gear] See: HIGH GEAR, SLIP A COG or SLIP A GEAR, THROW OUT OF GEAR.
[geese] See: FOX AND GEESE.
[gee whiz] <interj.>, <informal> Used as an exclamation to show surprise or other strong feeling. Rare in written English. * /Gee whiz! I am late again./
[general] See: IN GENERAL.
[generation gap] <n.>, <informal>, <hackneyed phrase> The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. * /My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family./
[generous to a fault] <adj. phr.> Excessively generous. * /Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college./
[George] See: LET GEORGE DO IT.
[get] See: GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, GO-GETTER, TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF.
[get about] See: GET AROUND(1b).
[get a black eye] <v. phr.> 1. To receive a dark ring around the eye after being hit by someone's fist or an object. * /In the fistfight Tom got a black eye from Pete./ * /Sue got a black eye when she ran into a tree./ 2. To have one's character denigrated. * /Our firm received a black eye because of all the consumer complaints that were lodged against our product./
[get a break] <v. phr.> To receive a stroke of luck. * /Bill got a break when he won the lottery./
[get across] <v.> 1. To explain clearly, make (something) clear; to make clear the meaning of. * /Mr. Brown is a good coach because he can get across the plays./ Syn.: PUT ACROSS. 2. To become clear. * /The teacher tried to explain the problem, but the explanation did not get across to the class./
[get after] <v.>, <informal> 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. * /Ann's mother gets after her to hang up her clothes./ 2. To scold or make an attack on. * /Bob's mother got after him for tracking mud into the house./ * /The police are getting after the crooks in the city./
[get ahead] <v.> 1. <informal> To become successful. * /Mr. Brown was a good lawyer and soon began to get ahead./ * /The person with a good education finds it easier to get ahead./ 2. To be able to save money; get out of debt. * /In a few more years he will be able to get ahead./ * /After Father pays all the doctor bills, maybe we can get a little money ahead and buy a car./
[get a load of] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To take a good look at; see (something unusual or interesting.) - Often used to show surprise or admiration. * /Get a load of that pretty girl!/ * /Get a load of Dick's new car!/ Compare: LOOK OVER. 2. To listen to carefully or with interest, especially exciting news. - Often used as a command: /Get a load of this: Alice got married yesterday!/
[get along] also [get on] <v.> 1. To go or move away; move on. * /The policeman told the boys on the street corner to get along./ 2. To go forward; make progress; advance, * /John is getting along well in school. He is learning more every day./ Syn.: GET AHEAD. 3. To advance; become old or late. * /It is getting along towards sundown./ * /Grandmother is 68 and getting along./ 4. To get or make what you need; manage. * /It isn't easy to get along in the jungle./ * /We can get along on $100 a week./ Compare: DO WITHOUT(2), GET BY, MAKE DO. 5. To live or work together in a friendly way; agree, cooperate; not fight or argue. * /We don't get along with the Jones family./ * /Jim and Jane get along fine together./ * /Don't be hard to get along with./
[get a fix] or [give a fix] <v. phr.>, <slang>, <drug culture> To provide (someone) with an injection of narcotics. * /The neighborhood pusher gave Joe a fix./ Contrast: GET A FIX ON.
[get a fix on] <v. phr.>, <informal> Receive a reading of a distant object by electronic means, as by radar or sonar. * /Can you get a fix on the submarine?/ Contrast: GET A FIX.
[get a grip on] <v. phr.> To take firm control of something. * /If Tim wants to keep his job, he had better get a grip on himself and start working harder./ Contrast: LOSE ONE'S GRIP.
[get a head start on] <v. phr.> To receive preliminary help or instruction in a particular subject so that the recipient is in a favorable position compared to his or her peers. * /At our school, children get a head start on their reading ability thanks to a special program./
[get a kick out of] <v. phr.> To be greatly thrilled; derive pleasure from. * /Tom and Many get a kick out of playing four hands on the piano./
[get a line on] <v. phr.> To receive special, sometimes even confidential information about something. * /Before Bill accepted his new position, he got a line on how the business was being run./
[get a move on] <informal> or <slang> [get a wiggle on] <v. phr.> To hurry up; get going. - Often used as a command. * /Get a move on, or you will be late./
[get a raise] <v. phr.> To receive an increment in salary. * /Because of his good work, Ted got a raise after May 1./
[get a rise out of] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To have some fun with (a person) by making (him) angry; tease. * /The boys get a rise out of Joe by teasing him about his girl friend./ 2. <vulgar>, <avoidable> To be sexually aroused (said of males) * /Jim always gets a rise out of watching adult movies./
[get (all) dolled up] See: DOLL UP.
[get along] or [on in years] <v. phr.> To age; grow old. * /My father is getting along in years; he will be ninety on his next birthday./
[get an earful] <v. phr.>, <informal> To hear more (of usually unwelcome news) than one expects or wishes to hear. * /I asked how Tim and his wife were getting along, and I certainly got an earful./ Contrast: SAY A MOUTHFUL.
[get around] <v.> 1a. To go to different places; move about. * /Mary's father really gets around; Monday he was in Washington; Wednesday he was in Chicago; and today he is in New York./ * /Fred broke his leg, but he is able to get about on crutches./ 1b. or [get about] To become widely known especially by being talked about. * /Bad news gets around quickly./ 2a. <informal> To get by a trick or flattery what you want from (someone). * /Mary knows how to get around her father./ 2b. <informal> To find a way of not obeying or doing; escape from. * /Some people try to get around the tax laws./ * /John did not weigh enough to join the Navy, but he got around that; he drank a lot of water before his physical examination./
[get around to] <v.> To do (something) after putting it off; find time for. * /Mr. Lee hopes to get around to washing his car next Saturday./
[get at] <v.> 1. To reach an understanding of; find out the meaning. * /This book is very hard to get at./ 2. To do harm to. * /The cat is on the chair trying to get at the canary./ Compare: GET BACK AT. 3. To have a chance to do; attend to. * /I hope I have time to get at my homework tonight./ Compare: GET TO(2). 4. To mean; aim at; hint at. * /What was Betty getting at when she said she knew our secret?/ * /What the teacher was getting at in this lesson was that it is important to speak correctly./ Syn.: DRIVE AT. Compare: GET ACROSS.
[getaway car] <n. phr.> A vehicle parked near the scene of a crime in which the criminals escape. * /The police intercepted the getaway car at a major crossroads./
[get away] <v.> 1. To get loose or get free; become free from being held or controlled; succeed in leaving; escape. * /As Jim was trying the bat, it got away from him and hit Tom./ * /Someone left the door open, and the puppy got away./ * /Mary tried to catch a butterfly, but it got away from her./ * /The bank robbers used a stolen car to get away./ * /If Mr. Graham can get away from his store this afternoon, he will take Johnny fishing./ 2. To begin; start. * /We got away early in the morning on the first day of our vacation./ * /The race got away to a fast start./ Compare: GET OFF(3), START IN, START OUT.
[get away with] <v.>, <informal> To do (something bad or wrong) without being caught or punished. * /Some students get away without doing their homework./ See: GET BY(3).
[get away with murder] <v. phr.>, <informal> To do something very bad without being caught or punished. * /John is scolded if he is late with his homework, but Robert gets away with murder./ * /Mrs. Smith lets her children get away with murder./
[get a wiggle on] See: GET A MOVE ON.
[get a word in] or [get a word in edgewise] also [get a word in edgeways] <v. phr.> To find a chance to say something when others are talking. * /The little boy listened to the older students and finally got in a word./ * /Mary talked so much that Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise./
[get back at] <v.>, <informal> To do something bad to (someone who has done something bad to you) hurt in return. * /John played a joke on Henry, and next day Henry got back at him./ * /The elephant waited many years to get back at the man who fed him red pepper./ Syn.: PAY BACK, SETTLE A SCORE, TIT FOR TAT. Compare: GET AT(2), GET EVEN.