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get with en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
    • I only said I thought Mimi was trying to get with my husband. I never said I thought you were fucking her. 2004, Carl Weber, Player Haters, page 106:
    • You can't get with yourself if you are not by yourself. 1993, Art Taylor, Notes and tones: musician-to-musician interviews, page 104:
  2. (informal, obsolete, transitive) To be in the company of; to accompany.
    • I do love to get with a lot of nice girls, and carry on! 1860, Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping heavenward, page 33:
  3. To align oneself with.
    • We have to get with the times or we'll be left behind.
  4. (informal) to contact; make contact with
    • I'll get with you tomorrow on what we're going to do about the party.
  5. To enjoy oneself or be satisfied regarding (something); to understand or accept (something).
    • At first I was awkward, but eventually I got with the music.
  6. (transitive) To be impregnated.
    • The stallion got with foal three out of four mares.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gets with Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
getting with Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gotten with Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
got with Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got with Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

get with it · get with the program · get with child

Relateds

get off with