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[get the runaround]

See: [RUN AROUND].

[get the sack]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

1. To be fired or dismissed from work.

John got the sack at the factory last week.

2. To be told by one's lover that the relationship is over.

Joanna gave Sam the sack.

See: [GET THE AX] and [GET THE  […]

[get the show on the road]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To start a program; get work started.

It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road.

Compare: [GET THE BALL ROLLING].

[get the third degree]

See: [THIRD DEGREE].

[get the upper hand on]

See: [UPPER HAND].

[get the word]

See: [GET THE MESSAGE].

[get the works]

See: [THE WORKS].

[get the worst of] also [have the worst of]  {v. phr.}

To lose; be defeated or beaten in; suffer most.

Joe got the worst of the argument with Molly.

- Often used in the phrase "the worst of it".

* /If you start a fight with Jim, you may get the  […]

[get through]  {v. phr.}

1. To finish.

Barry got through his homework by late evening.

2. To pass a course or an examination.

[get through one's head]  {v. phr.}

1. To understand or believe.

Jack couldn't get it through his head that his father wouldn't let him go to camp if his grades didn't improve.

* /At last Mary got it through her head that she had failed to pass the  […]