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got

[ got ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of get.


auxiliary verb

  1. Informal. must; have got (followed by an infinitive).

got

/ ɡɒ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of get
  2. have got
    1. to possess

      he has got three apples

    2. takes an infinitive used as an auxiliary to express compulsion felt to be imposed by or upon the speaker

      I've got to get a new coat

  3. have got it bad or have got it badly informal.
    to be infatuated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Toss it with hot pasta and you’ve got one of Italian cuisine’s most iconic, satisfying dishes.

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But Wallace says he was never aware he had offended her until it came to light last year, saying: "I thought we got on."

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Bethany described Butler as an "evil man" and told him jealousy had got the better of him.

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Sing got in touch with Mitchell to find out Kildunne had a minor hamstring injury, so she would be starting the Grand Slam decider.

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Elena added: "He never forgot where he was from. Even when he got to the highest role, he never let it change him."

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