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got
[ got ]
auxiliary verb
- Informal. must; have got (followed by an infinitive).
got
/ ɡɒ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of get
- have got
- to possess
he has got three apples
- 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
- have got it bad or have got it badly informal.to be infatuated
Usage Note
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Example Sentences
And there was another reason Julian got to Margate double-quick: if Banksy chooses your wall for one of his drawings, you could be seriously in the money.
Essentially US consumers en masse got richer with cheaper goods, but the quid pro quo was a profound loss of manufacturing to East Asia.
For the first time, he got to go on the attack — as Roberts had hoped he would pregame — and use his wicked splitter as the putaway weapon it’s intended to be.
He also got into a public dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and has struggled to negotiate a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
Now, after his side beat third-placed Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League for a seventh consecutive win in all competitions, the Spanish manager has got the whole club dreaming big with him.
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