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GET WORD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Example:
I see that you have been promoted
Synonyms:
discover; find out; get a line; get wind; get word; hear; learn; pick up; see
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Verb group:
find; see; witness (perceive or be contemporaneous with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get word"):
get the goods (discover some bad or hidden information about)
wise up (get wise to)
catch; trip up (detect a blunder or misstep)
ascertain (learn or discover with certainty)
discover; find (make a discovery)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They get word that there was a traffic accident
