Get it in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "Get it"

    • Used other than as an idiom: To get, retrieve, or receive something.
    • (Should we delete (+) this sense?) (idiomatic) To understand, comprehend, or grasp.
    • (idiomatic) To possess a preferred outlook on a given issue or issues.
    • (Should we delete (+) this sense?) (idiomatic) To realize or understand why a joke is funny.
    • (idiomatic) To get what's coming to one: to feel someone's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.
    • verb
      Used other than as an idiom: [i]see get, it.[/i]
    • verb
      To understand, to catch on.
    • verb
      (idiomatic)
      To get what's coming to one: to feel someone's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.
    • verb
      receive punishment; "You are going to get it!"
    • verb
      understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

    Synonyms of "Get it" in English dictionary

    catch on, cotton on, grok are the top synonyms of "Get it" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Get it

    • to get it ( third-person singular simple present gets it, present participle getting it, simple past got it, past participle got it or gotten it)
    • get it (third-person singular simple present gets it, present participle getting it, simple past got it, past participle got it or gotten it)
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