noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
get
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The whole thing had to be repeated three or four times before Sandison got the gist .
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Just make sure I get the gist of what you really want.
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She had said much more, and while he had not listened closely, he had got the gist .
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In spite of the jargon, Sergeant Bradley appeared to have got the gist of what I'd said, so I signed dutifully.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I don't know the whole story but this is the gist of it.
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Read the article once through to get the gist of it.
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Students are encouraged to read the text, getting the gist , then go deeper into the meaning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She had not misread the general gist of his words, imprecise though they were.
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She would not, was the gist of what she communicated first.
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The gist of all this is that life is an interactive phenomenon of planetary and biospheric scale.
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The gist of the section is that the product must be safe but the Act has no application if it is useless.
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The whole thing had to be repeated three or four times before Sandison got the gist .
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They had understood the gist but needed help.