G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[get credit for] {v. phr.}
To be given points of merit, recognition, or praise for labor or intellectual contribution.
Our firm got a lot of credit for developing parts of the space shuttle.
Contrast: [GIVE CREDIT FOR].
[get one down] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To make (someone) unhappy; cause low spirits; cause discouragement.
Low grades are getting Helen down.
Three straight losses got the team down.
2. To swallow; digest.
* /The medicine was so bitter I […]
[get down cold] {v. phr.}
To memorize perfectly.
Terry got the text of his speech down cold.
[get down to] {v.}, {informal}
To get started on, being on.
Joe wasted a lot of time before he got down to work.
Let's get down to work.
Compare: [GET AT] (3), [GET GOING], [GET TO].
[get down to brass tacks] also [get down to cases] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know.
* /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass […]
[get down to business] or [work] {v. phr.}
To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished.
Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business.
[get even] {v.}, {informal}
1. To owe nothing.
Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even.
2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back.
* /Jack is waiting to get even with Bill […]
[get going] {v.}, {informal}
1. To excite; stir up and make angry.
The boys' teasing gets John going.
Talking about her freckles gets Mary going.
2. or {chiefly British} [get cracking]
To begin to move; get started.
* /The teacher told […]