Idioms:

Get set
Meaning: to get ready to start something
Get sick
Meaning: to become ill
Get sidetracked
Meaning: to become diverted from one's task
Get down
Meaning: to make someone unhappy, to cause discouragement
Get goat
Meaning: to irritate someone
Get off one's chest
Meaning: to talk about something that has been bothering you
Get out of one's mind/head
Meaning: to forget about someone or something
Get out in the open
Meaning: to make something public
Get out of one's system
Meaning: to get rid of the desire to do something
Get out of
Meaning: to get some kind of benefit from something
Get out of the way
Meaning: to take care of some business, to do or finish something
Get over with
Meaning: to finish something (usually something that you do not want to do)
Get straight
Meaning: to understand something clearly
Get through thick skull
Meaning: to get someone to understand something
Get under control
Meaning: to be able to control something
Get the ax
Meaning: to be fired
Get the ball rolling
Meaning: to start something
Get the benefit of the doubt
Meaning: to receive a decision in your favor when the evidence is neither for you nor against you
Get the better of
Meaning: to beat or defeat (someone), to win against someone
Get the blues
Meaning: to become sad or depressed
Get the boot
Meaning: to be fired, to be told to leave a place
Get the brush-off
Meaning: to be ignored or sent away
Get the cold shoulder
Meaning: to be ignored or rejected
Get the day off
Meaning: to have a free day from work
Get the facts straight
Meaning: to get a clear understanding of the facts about something
Get the feel of
Meaning: to become used to or learn about something
Get the floor
Meaning: to receive official permission to speak to an audience
Get the go-ahead
Meaning: to receive a signal to start something
Get the goods on
Meaning: to find out true but often negative information about someone
Get the hang of
Meaning: to learn how to do something
Get the jump on
Meaning: to get ahead of someone
Get the last laugh
Meaning: to laugh at someone who has laughed at you
Get the lead out
Meaning: to hurry
Get the lowdown on
Meaning: to receive the full story about someone or something
Get the message
Meaning: to clearly understand the meaning of something
Get the nod
Meaning: to be chosen for something
Get the once-over
Meaning: to receive a quick visual examination
Get the picture
Meaning: to understand the whole situation
Get the red-carpet treatment
Meaning: to receive very special treatment
Get the runaround
Meaning: to receive a series of excuses and delays
Get the sack
Meaning: to be fired from a job
Get the shock of one's life
Meaning: to receive a serious emotional shock
Get the short end of the stick
Meaning: to get less than others
Get the show on the road
Meaning: to start working on something
Get the third degree
Meaning: to be questioned in great detail and for a long period of time
Get the upper hand
Meaning: to get into a position superior to someone
Get the worst of
Meaning: to be defeated, to receive less benefit than someone else
Get through
Meaning: to complete something, to finish something, to survive something
Get through to
Meaning: to make someone understand something
English Idioms from (Get set - Get through)
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