Thesaurus / get
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The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSTen minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSIt was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSBut the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONThere was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSHer face was haggard; her general get-up was in something like scarecrow disorder; she didn't even care how she looked.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTIt's just as his frind, th' most prom'nent get-rich-quick-man iv his time, wanst said: 'Readin' makes a man full.'
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNEI wasn't sure whether that collar was part of your get-up as an eccentric comedian.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIEWe may make our get-away to the East, or we may stop here for good—under ground.
HIDDEN GOLDWILDER ANTHONYBlack Fan had much the worst of the get-away and it looked as if she would be left in the stretch.
WATCH YOURSELF GO BYAL. G. FIELDWORDS RELATED TO GET
- appraise
- ascertain
- behold
- catch
- catch on
- conceive
- descry
- determine
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- envisage
- envision
- espy
- experience
- fancy
- fathom
- feature
- feel
- find out
- follow
- get
- get the drift
- get the hang of
- grasp
- have
- hear
- imagine
- investigate
- know
- learn
- make out
- mark
- mind
- note
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- ponder
- realize
- recognize
- remark
- study
- suffer
- sustain
- take in
- think
- tumble
- undergo
- understand
- unearth
- view
- visualize
- weigh
- ambush
- annex
- apprehend
- appropriate
- arrest
- arrogate
- bag
- bust
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- carry off
- catch
- claw
- clutch
- commandeer
- confiscate
- conquer
- exact
- force
- gain
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- grab
- grasp
- hijack
- hook
- impound
- incorporate
- kidnap
- lift
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- occupy
- overcome
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- pounce
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- snag
- snare
- spirit away
- subdue
- take
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- take captive
- take over
- take possession of
- throttle
- trap
- usurp
- wrench
- appear
- arrive
- assert
- be visible
- blow in
- clarify
- come
- demonstrate
- determine
- disclose
- discover
- display
- divulge
- elucidate
- emerge
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- evidence
- evince
- explain
- get
- get in
- illustrate
- indicate
- instruct
- lay out
- loom
- make known
- make out
- make the scene
- manifest
- mark
- materialize
- note
- ostend
- point
- present
- proclaim
- project
- prove
- put in appearance
- reach
- register
- reveal
- show one's face
- show up
- teach
- testify to
- turn up
- unveil
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