G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[get in with] {v. phr.}
To join up with; begin to associate with; be accepted by.
He got in with the wrong gang of boys and wound up in jail.
She got in with her father's firm and made a successful career of it.
[get in wrong] {v. phr.}
To incur the anger or dislike of someone; come into disfavor.
Although he means well, Fred is always getting in wrong with someone at the office.
[get into line] {v. phr.}
To cooperate; conform.
The maverick members of the party were advised to get into line unless they wanted to be expelled.
Contrast: [OUT OF LINE].
[get it] or [something in] or [into one's head] {v. phr.}
To become possessed of an idea; develop a fixed idea.
Jack got it into his head to become a marine and nothing we could say would make him change his mind.
[get it] {v.}
1. See: [CATCH IT].
2. To understand; comprehend; grasp.
"I can't get it," John said. "Why do you spend so much on clothes."
[get it all together] {v. phr.}
1. To be in full possession and control of one's mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued.
You've sure got it all together, haven't you?
2. Retaining one's self-composure under pressure.
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