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get this show on the roadTo begin or launch; to get going.Rate it:

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get your feet wetDoing something for the first time, first experience of somethingRate it:

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if you pay peanuts, you get monkeysOffering a low salary will not attract skilled employees.Rate it:

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just get on with [it]Exhortation ...to discontinue activities seen to hinder optimum progress toward a desired outcome; ...to proceed without further stalling, debate, frivolity, or ritual.Rate it:

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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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shit or get off the canAlternative form of shit or get off the pot.Rate it:

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snitches get stitches and wind up in ditchesSynonym of snitches get stitchesRate it:

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some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets youOne cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.Rate it:

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squeaky wheels get oiledAlternative form of squeaky wheel gets the grease.Rate it:

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to get hold of wrong end of the stickto not understand the situation correctlyRate it:

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you can't get a quart into a pint potWhat is being discussed is not possible.They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!Rate it:

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as all get-outExtremely; to a superlative degree; very much.Rate it:

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get the ball rollingTo begin; to start some action; to set in motion.Rate it:

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get ahead of oneselfTo focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.Rate it:

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get aroundTo be sexually promiscuous.Rate it:

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get changedTo change one's clothing (usually for a specific purpose).Rate it:

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get one's claws intoHave a controlling influence over.Rate it:

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get one's juices flowingto inspire creativity and thought.Rate it:

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get out of jail free cardsomething that will relieve an undesired situationRate it:

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get somebody's goatTo annoy, infuriate, bother, or incense.Rate it:

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Get the Green LightGet permitted to do something, be allowed to move forward in taskRate it:

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get the word outTo make some information more widely known.Rate it:

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Get to the Bottom of SomethingTo discover the root cause of something, to find out and investigate the actual cause of matterRate it:

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get wetTo come into contact with water or another liquid.Rate it:

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if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchenIf you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.Rate it:

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you get what you pay forIn commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say soRate it:

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get thee behind meDo not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.Rate it:

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you can't always get what you wantIt is not always possible to get what is wanted.Rate it:

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get a lifeUsed sarcastically to tell someone who keeps meddling in other people's business, or gossiping about others, to stop obsessing over other people's lives and to concentrate on themselves and do something useful.Rate it:

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Can't Get Blood from a StoneTo be unable of doing impossible things,Rate it:

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getLineage.Rate it:

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get down to bizfocus, concentrate, think hard.Rate it:

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get itTo realize or understand why a joke is funny.Rate it:

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get off one's high horseTo stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.Rate it:

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get on somebody's nervesTo annoy or irritate; to bother.Rate it:

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get one's act togetherTo become serious, organized, worthwhile, etc.Rate it:

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get one's end awayTo have sex.Rate it:

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get one's voice heardIt often requires much energy and persistence to get people to listen to your strongly held views.Rate it:

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get one's wayTo obtain the circumstances one wishes for.Rate it:

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get the lead outto go faster; to hurry upRate it:

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Get the Lead Out of Your FeetTo move hurry or work fasterRate it:

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go along to get alongTo conform in order to have acceptance and security.Rate it:

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if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchenIf you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.Rate it:

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let's get the party startedLet's go; let's get this done; let's start more intense action.Rate it:

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put him in to get him outAn election poster catchphrase, and rallying cry, for imprisoned Republicans to be elected to parliament.Rate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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get wellTo recover from an illness or injury.Rate it:

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five will get you tenI strongly believe.Rate it:

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get busyHave sex.Rate it:

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get out of here!An exclamation of disbelief.Rate it:

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