Part 4: How to use "to get" in English: TO GET + ADJECTIVE
How to use the verb to get + adjective
List of words with GET + ADJECTIVE:
+ get cool: to become slightly low in temperature.
Don't touch the stove until is gets cool.
+ get cold: to become low in temperature.
Your coffee's getting cold. (Your coffee is getting cold.)
+ get hotter: to become hotter in temperature.
It's getting hotter.
+ get better: to improve. Improve; recover one's health.
Is your cold getting any better?
+ get tired: to become fatigued.
I was starting to get tired.
+ get worse: be worse than it is now
If the symptoms get worse, consult your doctor.
He has always been a shopaholic (= someone who likes shopping too much), but it has got(ten) worse. He is spending all his free time at the mall these days.
+ get used to: to become accustomed to something.
You'll soon get used to the climate here.
+ get fed up: to become Irritated, exasperated, bored, or disgusted with someone or something.
He got fed up with all the travelling he had to do.
+ get sick of: to become repelled or disgusted by something.
She was getting sick of hearing him complain.
After a while you get used to all the noise.
+ get tired of: to become exceedingly wearied or exasperated by something.
I'm getting tired of all this nonsense.
+ get upset: to become distressed, unhappy, or angry.
He gets really upset if you mention his baldness.
+ get mad / angry: to become angry
I have to tell you something, but please don’t get mad – I broke your favorite vase!
Don't get mad, I was only kidding.
I never once saw him get angry or upset.
+ get big: to become larger
He's gotten so big, I hardly recognized him.
+ get married: to become united as husband and wife.
They plan to get married in the summer.
They're getting married later this year.
+ get old / older: to become older than before.
As he's got older his tastes have changed.
My mother's getting old and needs looking after.
I am getting old.
+ get ready: to prepare for something.
She's upstairs getting ready.
+ get moving / going: begin, leave, etc. quickly (informal).
We'd better get going/moving or we’ll be late.
+ get late: to near the end of the day. (In other words, it refers to the passage of time)
We ought to go; it's getting late.
+ get dark: to become dark. (esp. when the sun goes down)
It gets dark very early in the winter.
It was getting dark now and we were tired.
+ get excited: to become very happy and enthusiastic.
There's nothing to get excited about.
+ get off: to finish work and leave the place where you work at the end of the day.
What time do you get off work?
+ got drunk: Unable to control your behaviour, speech etc because you have drunk too much alcohol.
He got drunk and passed out.
+ got lost: to become lost; to lose one's way.
Tom got lost in the woods.
Your essay gets a bit confused halfway through when you introduce too many ideas at once.
The music just gets distorted when you play it so loud.
+ get dressed: to put your clothes on
- to get dressed / undressed (= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off)
Jane's in the bedroom getting dressed.
+ get dirty: to become soiled.
The trouble with this carpet is that it gets dirty very easily.
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