get into
English
Verb
get into (third-person singular simple present gets into, present participle getting into, simple past got into, past participle (UK) got into or (US) gotten into)
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
- She got into the car.
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- To put on (an item of clothing).
- I'm soaking wet. I need to get into some dry clothes.
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
- The small child got into everything.
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity).
- He got into politics.
- My sister has got into flower arranging recently.
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- How did we get into such a mess?
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- I don't know what's gotten into that child.
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- 2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian:
- Arteta could not wait to get into his players during the drinks break and they re-emerged with greater intensity
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Translations
to move into an object, such that one ends up inside it
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to put on (an item of clothing) — See also translations at put on
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to reach into an object
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to become involved in a discussion or issue
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to enter an unfavourable state
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to make behave uncharacteristically
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Anagrams
- Oetting, get it on, tentigo