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[get rid of]

See: [RID OF].

[get set]  {v. phr.}

To get ready to start.

The runners got set.

[get short shrift]

See: [SHORT SHRIFT].

[get something out of one's system]  {v. phr.}

1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one's body.

John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system.

2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to  […]

[get something over with]

See: [OVER WITH] (1).

[get something straight]  {v. phr.}

To clearly comprehend an issue.

[get stoned]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

To become very drunk or high on some drug.

Poor Fred was so stoned that Tom had to carry him up the stairs.

Compare: [THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND].

[get straight]

See: [GO STRAIGHT], [GO LEGIT].

[get stuck]  {v. phr.}

1. To be victimized; be cheated.

The Smiths sure got stuck when they bought that secondhand car; it broke down just two days after they got it.

2. To become entrapped or embroiled in a physical, emotional, or social obstacle  […]

[get the air]

See: [GET THE BOUNCE] (1).