Idioms:

Get time off
Meaning: to receive a holiday from work
Get tired
Meaning: to become tired
Get to
Meaning: to arrive at a place
Get to first base
Meaning: to make a start, to succeed
Get to one's feet
Meaning: to stand up
Get to the bottom of
Meaning: to find out the real cause of something or answer to something
Get to the heart of
Meaning: to understand the most important thing about something
Get to the root of a problem
Meaning: to get an understanding of the causes of a problem
Get tough with
Meaning: to become firm or strict with someone
Get under skin
Meaning: to bother or upset someone
Get under way
Meaning: to start
Get up
Meaning: to get out of bed, to get to one`s feet
Get-up-and-go
Meaning: energy, enthusiasm, drive
Get up enough nerve
Meaning: to become brave enough to do something
Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Meaning: to be in a bad mood
Get up the nerve to
Meaning: to become brave enough to do something
Get used to
Meaning: to become accustomed to someone or something
Get what`s coming to you
Meaning: to receive the good or bad that you deserve
Get well
Meaning: to become well
Get wet
Meaning: to become wet
Get wind of
Meaning: to hear about something
Get wise to
Meaning: to learn about something that is a secret
Get with it
Meaning: to pay attention, to get busy
Get worked up about/over
Meaning: to get excited or angry about something
Get worse
Meaning: to become worse
Get your walking papers
Meaning: get fired from a job
Getup
Meaning: fancy dress or costume
Ghost of a chance
Meaning: very little chance, the smallest chance
Gift of the gab
Meaning: the ability to talk well
Give a wide birth to
Meaning: to keep away from someone or something, to keep a safe distance from someone or something
Give-and-take
Meaning: sharing, giving and receiving between people, compromise
Give away
Meaning: to let a secret become known
Give birth
Meaning: to have a baby
Give chase to
Meaning: to chase or run after someone or something
Give credence to
Meaning: to believe someone or something, to credit someone or something
Give credit where credit is due
Meaning: to acknowledge or thank someone who deserves it
Give free rein to
Meaning: to allow someone to be completely in charge of something, to give someone or something the freedom to do something
Give ground
Meaning: to move back, to retreat, to stop opposing someone
Give him the slip
Meaning: to get away from to escape
Give in to
Meaning: to surrender, to give someone his or her own way, to stop opposing or resisting someone or something
Give it to straight
Meaning: to tell something to someone directly
Give off
Meaning: to release a smell or something, to produce a smell or something
Give one`s right arm
Meaning: to give something of great value
Give oneself away
Meaning: to show guilt, to show that you have done wrong
Give oneself up
Meaning: to surrender, to stop hiding or running away
Give oneself up to
Meaning: to let oneself enjoy something, to not hold oneself back from something
Give or take
Meaning: plus or minus a small amount of something
English Idioms from (Get time - Give or)
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