get it
1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 4) - She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig • Hypernyms: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s something (for: get onto) 2. receive punishment (Freq. 1) - You are going to get it! • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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