S: (v) get, acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract) "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
S: (v) win back, get back (recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost) "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
S: (v) press out, express, extract (obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action) "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
S: (v) ream (squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer) "ream oranges"
S: (v) capture, catch (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping) "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
S: (v) hunt, run, hunt down, track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)) "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
S: (v) stumble, hit (encounter by chance) "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
S: (v) buy, purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction) "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
S: (v) buy back, repurchase (buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away) "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago"
S: (v) take (buy, select) "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
S: (v) get (purchase) "What did you get at the toy store?"
S: (v) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
S: (v) receive, have (get something; come into possession of) "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
S: (v) graduate (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies) "She graduated in 1990"
S: (v) inherit (receive by genetic transmission) "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
S: (v) turn (get by buying and selling) "the company turned a good profit after a year"
S: (v) buy (acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange) "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
S: (v) find (obtain through effort or management) "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
S: (v) glom (seize upon or latch onto something) "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
S: (v) enter upon, come upon, luck into (take possession of) "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
S: (v) line up, get hold, come up, find (get something or somebody for a specific purpose) "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
S: (v) accept, take, have (receive willingly something given or offered) "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
S: (v) accept, admit, take, take on (admit into a group or community) "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
S: (v) profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)
S: (v) welcome (accept gladly) "I welcome your proposals"
S: (v) pry, prise (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry) "They pried the information out of him"
S: (v) kite (get credit or money by using a bad check) "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
S: (v) source (get (a product) from another country or business) "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
S: (v) outsource (obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out) "Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce"
S: (v) procure, secure (get by special effort) "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
S: (v) suborn (procure (false testimony or perjury))
S: (v) copyright (secure a copyright on a written work) "did you copyright your manuscript?"
S: (v) patent (obtain a patent for) "Should I patent this invention?"
S: (v) engage, enlist (hire for work or assistance) "engage aid, help, services, or support"
S: (v) recruit (seek to employ) "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"
S: (v) extract (get despite difficulties or obstacles) "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
S: (v) take out (obtain by legal or official process) "take out a license"; "take out a patent"
S: (v) reap, draw (get or derive) "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
S: (v) shop (do one's shopping) "She goes shopping every Friday"
S: (v) market (buy household supplies) "We go marketing every Saturday"
S: (v) snag (get by acting quickly and smartly) "snag a bargain"
S: (v) grab (obtain illegally or unscrupulously) "Grab power"
S: (v) recover, retrieve, find, regain (get or find back; recover the use of) "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
S: (v) access (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)
S: (v) make up, catch up with (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point) "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
S: (v) distrain (legally take something in place of a debt payment)
S: (v) foreclose (subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage)
S: (v) find, regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost) "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
S: (v) feel (find by testing or cautious exploration) "He felt his way around the dark room"
S: (v) locate, turn up (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining) "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
S: (v) unearth (bring to light) "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
S: (v) pinpoint, nail (locate exactly) "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
S: (v) rout up, rout out (get or find by searching) "What did you rout out in the library?"
S: (v) acquire, win, gain (win something through one's efforts) "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; "win someone's confidence and friendship"
S: (v) cozen (cheat or trick) "He cozened the money out of the old man"
S: (v) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
S: (v) eke out, squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means) "He eked out a living as a painter"
S: (v) profit, turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially) "The company has not profited from the merger"
S: (v) cut in (allow someone to have a share or profit)
S: (v) preempt (acquire for oneself before others can do so)
S: (v) preempt (gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land))
S: (v) collect, pick up, gather up, call for (gather or collect) "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
S: (v) inherit (obtain from someone after their death) "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
S: (v) borrow (get temporarily) "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
S: (v) pick up (get in addition, as an increase) "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
S: (v) get (acquire as a result of some effort or action) "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"