WHICH WORD

VERBS

to getto take
UPDATED: MAY 2023
YET: WHICH WORD?: to get / to take
go and return

to get

  • To go for something and bring it back.  
     
  • Go and return.
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  • There are many usages for get; not just one.


YET: WHICH WORD? get / take
take it and leave it

to take

  • To move from one place to another.

  • Take something there.  Go there.
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  • Don't return.  Go and leave it.
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  • Also, you take a:​  bus, plane, car, vacation.​
EXAMPLES:  to get
  1. ​I went to the bank to get some money. 

  2. I have to go to the store and get some milk. 
     
  3. Can you get the economics report for me?  It is on my desk.

  4. ​She got her test results yesterday. 
EXAMPLES:  to take
  1. I take my kids to school every morning. 

  2. I took the bus to San Diego instead of the plane.

  3. Did you take Susan's Father to the airport? 
    Yes, I took him early this morning.

  4. Would you please take a letter to the post office and mail it for me?   
    Sure, no problem.

PHRASAL VERBS:   (everyone's favorite grammar! )

to get off
  1. You get off: a horse, a bus, an airplane

  2. You get off: "something" the bed, the sofa, the roof of a house, 

  3. Get off = liking something a lot.  "He gets off watching horror movies."
 to take off   
  1. You take off clothes (shoes, shirt, hat, coat)

  2. Airplanes "take off".
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  3. You "take off" work. ​