Complete Definition of "get it"

English
Category:English idioms
Verb
get it

  1. literal: To get, retrieve, or receive something.

#:If you order the pizza, I'll go get it.

  1. idiom To understand, comprehend, or grasp.

#:If they don't get it, explain it a different way.

  1. idiom To realize why a joke is funny.

#:I thought it was hilarious, but she didn't get it.

  1. Figurative: To feel one's wrath, or receive punishment.

#:After the way she spoke to him, she's really going to get it this time.

See also
get it on

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