English Idioms - letter G

Idiom	Definition	Usage
gain ground	make progress	The company began to gain ground in their effort to sell more products.
game plan	strategy	The boss will talk about the new game plan at the next office meeting.
gang up on	harass as a group	The school children tried to gang up on the boy but he ran away.
gas up	fill up the gas tank	We should gas up tonight before we leave.
get a break	get a good deal	She wanted to get a break when she bought the car.
get a fix on	obtain an accurate location of	We were able to get a fix on the distant star.
get a grip	get control	You need to get a grip of yourself and relax.
get a kick out of	lot of enjoyment out of	I think she will get a get a kick out of watching the show.
get a load of	Take a look at	Get a load of that old car.
get a move on	hurry	You had better get a move on or you are going to be late.
get a rise out of someone	make him angry	She was able to get a rise out of him when she laughed at his new pants.
get a wiggle on	hurry	You had better get a wiggle on or you are going to be late.
get a word in	find the chance to say something	He could not get a word in while talking with the manager.
get a word in edgewise	manage to break into the conversation	She could not get a word in edgewise.
get across	explain	She had a hard time trying to get across the idea.
get ahead	be successful	She really works hard at her job in order to get ahead.
get after	urge	You should get after her to do her homework.
get along	manage	He is able to get along on very little money.
get along	leave	I think we should get along now.
get along with someone	have a good relationship with someone	She does not get along with him.
get around	go to different places	She sure does get around more than most people.
get around to	find the time for	The apartment manager was finally able to get around to fixing the bath.
get at	imply	I know what you are trying to get at.
get away	succeed in leaving	He was able to get away from work early.
get away from it all	go on a vacation	We want to get away from it all this summer.
get away with murder	do something bad without being caught or punished	The students were able to get away with murder.
get away with something	cheat and not get caught	He could get away with cheating.
get back	return	We might get back sooner than originally planned.
get back at	get revenge on	She is planning to get back at him.
get behind	lag behind	If you get behind in the homework you will not be able to pass the course.
get behind	support	They decided to get behind the president.
get by	live	He is able to easily get by on his salary.
get canned	fired	If he doesn’t work harder, he’s probably going to get canned.
get cold feet	become afraid at the last minute	He will probably get cold feet and cancel his plans to go to China.
get cracking	get started	We will have to get cracking on this project.
get down to	begin to	You should get down to work now.
get down to brass tacks	begin discussing the essential matters	We should get down to brass tacks immediately.
get even	get revenge	He plans to get even.
get-go	beginning	She did not like her job from the get-go.
get going	leave	I think that we should get going.
get hold of	obtain	Please try to get hold of a dictionary for class.
get hold of	contact	She tried to get hold of him for one month.
get in on the ground floor	begin at the lower level	She was able to get in on the ground floor of the new company.
get in touch with someone	contact	I want you to get in touch with me next month.
get in the swing of things	become part of the situation	Try to get in the swing of things and have fun.
get it	understand it	I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
get it together	get control	You need to get it together before the exam.
get it through one's head	understand	Try to get it through your head.
get lost	go away	I want you to get lost.
get mixed up	become confused	I think that she will get mixed up about the dates.
get off	exit	She really wanted to get off the train.
get off the ground	begin	The new company will get off the ground next week.
get off on the wrong foot	have a bad beginning	Try not to get off on the wrong foot with the new boss.
get off my back	leave me alone	I think that you should get off my back.
get off one's butt	become busy	You should get off your butt.
get off one's high horse	not act so arrogant	He made mistakes and should get off his high horse.
get off the ground	begin	The new movie should get off the ground in about a week.
get on	enter	She really wanted to get on the train.
get on in years	get older	She is beginning to get on in years.
get on one's high horse	act arrogant	He tends to get on his high horse at these office meetings.
getting on my nerves	irritating me	Recently you are getting on my nerves.
get your dander up	angry	Try not to get your dander up.
get one's feet wet	begin her experience	She recently managed to get her feet wet in fashion design.
get one's goat	annoy him	She usually knows the way to get his goat.
get one's own way	get people to do what you want	You always try to get your own way.
get one's rear in gear	hurry	You need to get your rear in gear.
get out from under	escape from doing	She would like to get out from under all that work.
get out of bed on the wrong side	have an awful beginning of the day	Did you get out of bed on the wrong side again today?
get out of hand	lose control	The students often get out of hand every Friday afternoon.
get out of the way of	avoid	She tried to get out of the way of the oncoming traffic.
get over	overcome	She will have a difficult time to get over the relationship.
get ready	prepare	She has to get ready for work now.
get rid of	dispose of	He thought that she should get rid of the car.
get set	prepare	They are trying to get set for the engagement party.
get someone down	make her unhappy	Her job has begun to get her down.
get something over with	complete the difficult assignment	He wants to get the difficult assignment over with first.
gets going	is excited and angry	If he gets going he will never stop complaining.
get the ax	be fired	She thought that he would get the ax from the company this week.
get the ball rolling	begin	It is time to get the ball rolling.
get the better of	gain an advantage over and defeat	Try to get the better of your opponent.
get the feel of	become accustom to	Try to get the feel of this new car.
get the goods on	find out information about	She is trying to get the goods on her boss.
get the message	understand the meaning	Maybe he is too stupid to get the message.
get the sack	be fired	She thought that he would get the sack from the company this week.
get the show on the road	begin	It is time to get the show on the road.
get the worst of	suffer most because of	She will probably get the worst of the flu.
get this over with	be finished with this	Let's get this over with.
get through	successfully complete	She really needs to get through this class.
get through to	be understood by	He talked a lot but could not get through to her.
get to	have the opportunity to	She did not get to see him last week.
get to first base	succeed	He wanted to meet the boss but could not get to first base.
get to the bottom of	find out the cause of	The manager tried to get to the bottom of the increased expenses.
get under one's skin	irritate her	He is beginning to get under her skin.
get up	get out of bed	She decided to get up early.
get-up-and-go	energy	He has a lot of get-up-and-go.
get up on the wrong side of the bed	have an awful beginning of the day	Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed again today?
get up the nerve	get enough courage	She was finally able to get up the nerve to talk to her boss.
get what's coming to one	get what she deserves	She is going to get what's coming to her.
get wind of	get knowledge of	He tried to get wind of the new business plan.
get wise to	learn about	This week he was able to get wise to the office gossip.
get with it	do what is required	You need to get with it if you want to keep your job.
get with it	hurry up	If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
give it another shot	try again	We have to go back and give it another shot.
give the green light	give permission	The boss will give the green light today to begin the new project.
go for it	try	Lets go for it.
go public with	sell shares to the public of	The company is expected to go public with their stock next week.
go through with	proceed as planned with	We have to go through with the purchase of the new building.
good for you	okay with you	Is that good for you?
got into	became interested in	I got into gardening in high school.
got that right	are correct	You got that right.
grades on a curve	computes grades based on class averages	Yeah, I heard she grades on a curve.