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Definition of Get word
1. Verb. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. "They get word that there was a traffic accident "; "I see that you have been promoted"
Specialized synonyms: Get The Goods, Wise Up, Catch, Trip Up, Ascertain, Discover, Find
Related verbs: Find, See, Witness
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Word
Literary usage of Get word
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New by Edwin A. Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt, Jr (1911)
"committee were very anxious to examine Mr. Whitney and would like to get word
from you of his whereabouts, and you stated you knew where he was and that you ..."
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"10 ' But an my father get word of this, He '11 never drink again; An gin my mother
get word of this, In her ain bowr she '11 go brain; An gin my bold ..."
3. A First Manual of Composition by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1902)
"If I saw how to get word to John, I would send for him. 2. I wish I saw how to
get word to him. In these sentences a past verb is used for the present, ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"get word to my friends! I thanked him ; I couldn't do less; and about this time
a lackey came to say I was wanted; so Clarence led me in and took me off ..."
5. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H. by Matthew Patten (1903)
"... as far a* Deacon Boies to get word to Tho" Boies to come next Monday to ...
and went to james Wallace at his place to get word to Mr Houston to come and ..."
6. History of the Plots and Crimes of the Great Conspiracy to Overthrow Liberty by Dye (1866)
"The words of this telegram, "get word to Sam," meaning Samuel Arnold, his
co-conspirator; who had been with him ..."
7. Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New by Edwin A. Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt, Jr (1911)
"committee were very anxious to examine Mr. Whitney and would like to get word
from you of his whereabouts, and you stated you knew where he was and that you ..."
8. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"10 ' But an my father get word of this, He '11 never drink again; An gin my mother
get word of this, In her ain bowr she '11 go brain; An gin my bold ..."
9. A First Manual of Composition by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1902)
"If I saw how to get word to John, I would send for him. 2. I wish I saw how to
get word to him. In these sentences a past verb is used for the present, ..."
10. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"get word to my friends! I thanked him ; I couldn't do less; and about this time
a lackey came to say I was wanted; so Clarence led me in and took me off ..."
11. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H. by Matthew Patten (1903)
"... as far a* Deacon Boies to get word to Tho" Boies to come next Monday to ...
and went to james Wallace at his place to get word to Mr Houston to come and ..."
12. History of the Plots and Crimes of the Great Conspiracy to Overthrow Liberty by Dye (1866)
"The words of this telegram, "get word to Sam," meaning Samuel Arnold, his
co-conspirator; who had been with him ..."
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