Get over something
- overcome something (usually difficult or unpleasant)
- recover from an illness, shock, surprise etc.
Has he got over his financial difficulties yet?
I can't get over Bob leaving for London without telling us.
Get something over
- communicate one's ideas.
- complete something.
Professor Smith knows his subject, but he's not very good at getting over his ideas to his students.
As soon as I get my exams over, I'm going on holiday.
Get away with something
- escape reprimand or punishment for something
You shouldn't let her get away with telling lies.
Get down to something
- start serious work on something; tackle something
It's time you got down to your studies or the other students will leave you behind.
Get by
- manage
If you want to speak a language well, you can't get by without mastering its phrasal verbs.
Get through
- manage to pass through
- succeed, pass a test
- get a telephone connection
There's a hole in the fence where the dog gets through.
The exam was difficult. Not all the students got through.
All the lines to London were engaged. I just couldn't get through.
Get through something
- finish something; complete something successfully
- use something up
- eat or drink a large quantity of something
I got through the book in one evening.
His salary's quite high, but he's usually got through it by the middle of the month.
Bob got through a big plate of pasta and then asked for a second helping!
Get through to someone
- succeed in establishing an understanding with somebody, in communicating with somebody
Tim and I had a row, and since then I just haven't been able to get through to him.
Get something through
- cause something to be approved or accepted
- succeed in bringing through
It was the personnel manager who helped me to get my transfer through.
Alan always manages to get a double allowance of spirits through without the customs officials noticing.
Get on
- make progress
- manage, succeed
- become late, grow older
- have a good relationship, like each other's company
How's the broken leg getting on?
How are you getting on with your English course?
Time's getting on, we'd better go home.
They get on well at work but not socially.
Get on to someone
- trace/detect somebody
- make contact with somebody, consult somebody
The police have finally got on to the man who was blackmailing the politician.
I complained to the shop assistant about the faulty dish washer and they said they would get on to the manufacturers.
Get on with something
- continue to do something, make progress with something
Turn the television off and get on with your homework.
Get someone through
- help someone to pass an examination
- connect someone by telephone
The teacher got all his pupils through without difficulty.
By the time the girl at the reception had got me through to Tom's extension number, he'd gone home.
Get up
- get out of bed
- (wind, storm) increase
I’m not used to getting up early.
There's a strong wind getting up.
Get someone up
- call someone from bed
- dress someone formally, dress someone in fancy-dress costume
Can yon get me up at six tomorrow?
The children were got up in their best clothes for Granny's seventy-nineth birthday celebrations.
Get something up
- arrange/organize something
- study, memorize
We're getting up an evening of folk singing.
Tom is getting up his maths formulas for the test tomorrow.