COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
got a cheek
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She’s got a cheek ; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
got a first in
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Helen got a first in Law.
got a lot on...mind (= a lot of problems to worry about )
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Sorry I forgot. I’ve got a lot on my mind at the moment.
got a phone call
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I got a phone call from someone called Mike.
got a...hang-up
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She’s got a real hang-up about her body.
got arrested
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I got arrested for careless driving.
got bogged down
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The car got bogged down in the mud.
got broken (= became broken )
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Do you know how the phone got broken ?
got busted for drugs
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Davis got busted for drugs .
got clogged up
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Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease.
got creamed
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We got creamed 45–6.
got enough to worry about (= she already has a lot of problems or is very busy )
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Don’t tell Mum about this – she’s got enough to worry about .
got fed up
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Anna got fed up with waiting.
got frostbite
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I nearly got frostbite .
got half the chance
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I’d go to university if I got half the chance .
got here in one piece
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Ring Mum and let her know we got here in one piece .
got hooked
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I got hooked on TV when I was sick.
got hooked
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I know a girl who got hooked on cocaine.
got into print (= was printed )
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Very little of his poetry actually got into print .
got into...scrapes
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He got into all sorts of scrapes as a boy.
got it cracked
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He seems to have got it cracked .
got more than...bargained for
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The thief got more than he bargained for , as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick.
got off to a flying start
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The appeal has got off to a flying start , with over £200,000 raised in the first week.
got on the line to (= phoned )
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I got on the line to the hospital as soon as I heard about the accident.
got run over
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She got run over outside the school.
got shafted
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I can’t believe you paid that much. You got shafted .
got soaked
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Her shoes got soaked as she walked through the wet grass.
got soft
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He’d got soft after all those years in a desk job.
got stuck
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They got stuck in a traffic jam.
got the brush-off
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I tried to be friendly but I just got the brush-off.
got the flu
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She’s got the flu .
got the sack
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He got the sack for stealing.
got the thumbs down
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Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.
got to like (= began to like her )
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In time, I got to like her .
got tonsillitis
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Sam’s got tonsillitis .
got toothache
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I’ve got toothache .
got waylaid
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Sorry, we got waylaid at the bar.
got...crocked
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Kitty got totally crocked last night.
got...exposure
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The failure of their marriage has got a lot of exposure recently.
got...into...mess
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You got us into this mess , Terry. You can get us out of it.
got...lined up
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He’s already got a new job lined up .
got...lost
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I got thoroughly lost on the way here.
got...mashed
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We got completely mashed last night.
got...mixed up
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I must have got the times mixed up .
got...mixed up
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My papers got all mixed up .
got...muddled up
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Could you just repeat those figures – I’ve got a bit muddled up .
got...Oscar (= won it )
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Who got the Oscar for best actress?
got...second wind
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He got his second wind and ran on.
got...slaughtered
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We all got completely slaughtered last night.
got...squashed
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The cake got a bit squashed on the way here.
got...stuck
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I’ve got something stuck in my throat.
have (got) a cold
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She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
have (got) a cough
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I’ve had a cough for weeks now.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Cat got your tongue?
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What's happened to all your brains, Frankie boy? Cat got your tongue ?
I've got it
I've got news for you
I've only got one pair of hands
be got up as/in sth
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More visionary railway schemes were got up in the inter-war years.
got it in one!
have (got) it in for sb
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But then, Riley, why should I have it in for the nuns?
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They will have it in for us in a big way.
have (got) it made
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Nowadays, these people have got it made .
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Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
have (got) nothing on sb/sth
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Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
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He realized she must have nothing on.
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She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
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When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
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Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
have (got) sb with you
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Additionally, many students have brought with them to school the chaos that surrounds their life outside school.
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And then, suddenly, she sees Dieter going off on his own, and decides to have it out with him.
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She'd have a natter with him if he were, something she often did on her half-days.
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To have played with them then, and still to be in contact, is a great privilege and pleasure.
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We would have to deal with it then.
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What he would have done with it had not other events intruded is problematical.
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Workers have tinkered with it for nearly 18 months to no avail.
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You could have come with me as my husband.
have (got) sth licked
have (got) sth on
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All we have to go on is what other societies do.
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Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
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Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
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It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
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Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
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Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
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The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
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We have been on a very high state of alert.
have (got) sth on
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All we have to go on is what other societies do.
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Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
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Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
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It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
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Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
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Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
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The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
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We have been on a very high state of alert.
have (got) sth on sb
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All we have to go on is what other societies do.
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Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
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Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
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It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
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Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
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Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
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The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
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We have been on a very high state of alert.
have (got) sth/sb (all) to yourself
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Helen used to have the house to herself.
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I have said to myself that that is wrong.
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I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
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Most of the people in the boardinghouse would go home, and he and I would have the house to ourselves.
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Mummy stopped the car at once, even though the pizza parlour was so crowded that they couldn't have a table to themselves.
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Of course, the Little Sprouts and the Plumpsters could have kept to themselves.
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She regrets she is so much in the way of the young people, who really should have some time to themselves.
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They could; and should have won this match and the players have to look to themselves.
have (got) sth/sb taped
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And when several events air live simultaneously, some of them have to be taped .
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It should have been taped for a campaign training film; it was too perfect.
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Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks.
have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc on
have you got a minute?
if you think ..., you've got another think coming!
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If they think it's going to be an easy game, they've got another think coming!
if you've got it, flaunt it
like the cat that got the cream
pull the other one (it's got bells on)
sb got game
sb had (got) it coming
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He had it coming, and I did him in.
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Put like that and you might think they had it coming.
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That pair obviously just had it coming.
the one that got away
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Saucy Cecil Parkinson lets his fingers do the talking about the one that got away.
what have you got to say for yourself?
what's got into sb?
you name it (they've got it)!
you've got me (there)