Hey guys, how's it going? I'm Gabby Wallace and this is a go natural
English lesson. I got a question from one of you my youtube viewers
Can you please explain the verb to get as a phrasal verb?
you guys this is a great question because
native English speakers use the verb get
probably more than any other verb and we use get as part of a
Phrasal verb a phrasal verb if you don't know is a verb plus
Another
Preposition let's say a verb plus a preposition
that has
the same meaning as a more formal verb
Anyway, we use these forms a lot. So if you want your English to be more native-like
More fluent then this video is for you. And this may be the most comprehensive
video lesson
About the verb to get as a phrasal verb now in this lesson. I'm just going to show you
get
Plus a preposition
there are many many many more phrasal verbs using get
Plus another word, but we're just going to take a look at get plus a preposition today
This is still super comprehensive and a lot of information to take in
So if you want to start speaking more like a native speaker or just start to understand
Native speakers then pay attention because this video is going to help a lot
Oh
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You can just check out my free videos on YouTube as well. Alright, so let's take a look
at
get
Plus, oh my gosh. Where should we even start? This is like a huge map of possibilities
Let's just start here at the top. So I'm gonna tell you some examples to give you the idea to get out
For example get out of the bus
Here we could also say get out of doing something so to get out of
Means to avoid something. For example, I I
Love getting out of work early or I love
getting out of
Doing homework, right? So I'm avoiding something different than just get out. Get out means leave
Okay
Get off
Could also be get off the bus, right?
There's another phrase you might hear. Hey, where do you get off saying that?
that meaning is
Totally different like it's really an idiom. It's really slang. We don't use
Where do you get off?
We don't use that phrase unless we're really angry or annoyed at someone so that means you know
How can you say that? For example, it's kind of like you're shocked, right and angry
To get off the hook is another idiom
It means to be released from your responsibility
To get over let's say you broke up with your boyfriend or girlfriend. You have to get over
him or her okay, that means to get past something it can also mean let's get
over like
Get over could be physically like, you know jumping over like oh, can you get over that?
Log, or can you get over that object?
Physically, you're stepping over something but we usually you know
If we're using it talking about a relationship it will be you know to emotionally get past something so hey
Stop being so sad. Get over your ex-boyfriend. All right
get on
so again get on the train or get on the bus or
get on
with could be hey do you get on with your
colleagues well
Do do you it could also be do get along
With so some of these phrases are used more in British English and others more in American English
So I would tend to say because I'm American I would say do you get along with your colleagues?
Well, but I think other people other English speakers might say do you get on with your colleagues? Well?
Get around so just
Get around could be physical as well
You know get around the barricade get around the wall get around the object
Also, it could be using a figurative sense like to avoid something
Get around to is different. So it means if you are delaying some action you're procrastinating
let's say I have
200 unread emails
When am I going to get around to reading them? Oh, I don't know it takes a long time. Okay get behind
So again, this could be physical you could get behind an object
But it also has another meaning as a phrasal verb. Let's say, oh I really love
this organization called
Pencils of promise. I think that's the name of it, right? It's an educational nonprofit
That that helps young people to be educated. So I get behind their mission. That means I believe in their mission
Get down again. It could be physical I get down from there. You're too high
You've climbed up a ladder you climbed up to the roof of your house could say that's dangerous get down from there
but if you say get down to
business
That's an idiom. That's pretty common. So, hey, let's get down to business. Let's get down to the lesson. Let's let's do it here
Let's get to the point
It's another idiom get to the point. Okay, get across again. It could be physical
Can you get across the river or is it too high or?
Get a point across so I hope that I'm getting the message across
To you in this video lesson. I want you to understand something
Get along with I actually mentioned that already do get along with your colleagues
Get along if you just say get along. I don't know why the famous phrase comes to mind get along little doggy
it just means
Get get out of here right go leave get along, but it's not a very common phrase anymore
So it's not really even worth remembering
get at get at means to let's say I'm getting at
The point that the verb get is used a lot. That's what I'm trying to suggest
I'm getting at the message here get is everywhere
Get by. Oh, how are you doing? I'm just getting by you know, everything's okay. It's alright
To get by it means so-so, you know, you're not doing great not doing bad. Just getting by things are alright
Get up
Wake up stand up get up. Get out of bed. It could be, you know, you're sitting down, but you need to stand up
So hey everybody get up
Get up
- I
Want you to get up?
-
Help me move some boxes
Okay, that's the purpose of getting up
Get up - trouble. Hey, don't you get up - any trouble means, you know don't get into any trouble
That's another one actually did I even write down into I didn't but that's another one get into
Trouble or get up to trouble
Same same difference
Get after
Now, I think this is more common in British English, but I'm familiar with it. I'm going to get after
my friend because
She never calls me. So I have some complaints right? I'm going to complain I'm gonna get after that person
get
between
Physically you could get between
two walls or get between two cars if you're parking but
using this as a phrasal verb you could get between
People in a relationship
so don't get between
me and my man you
You flirt
Right. I think you get the idea, right?
Get through so if I get through traffic
That means that I have successfully
Driven my car through a lot of other cars if I get through to you
that means that you have understood all of
These phrasal verbs with get it means to get through to someone is they understand you clearly?
Get in
To get in like let's say you want to go to a concert or an event or a
Nightclub or a restaurant you want to enter so you want to get in you want to gain?
Admission. Hey, did you get into the restaurant or was it totally packed? Oh I got in. It was great delicious
Where did we even start because I've been talking about the verb to get for way too long
And I can't remember where we started so get in get out of I think that's where we started, right?
I remember talking about get out of a responsibility. Oh, I like to get out of work early
I like to get out of doing homework
Okay, so I did my best to go through the examples that just came to mind as we were going here
But I'm sure that there are more examples that I may have forgotten
Just like oh there was one I was gonna share about get down
All right. So this is a fun phrasal verb because it means like to dance get down
Get funky
All right, so you can use that when you go out
this weekend and
If you find any other examples or if you want to ask a question
Maybe you're not sure if you can use get in a certain way
Please leave your comments and questions
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Thank you so much for watching this video and I'll see you next time. Bye for now