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    Get a handle on (something) 30
    Get (a) hold of (oneself) 30, 36
    Get (a) hold of (someone) 30
    Get (a) hold of (something) 30
    Get a leg up 30
    Get a move on 30, 80
    Get a word in edgewise 30, 103, 118
    Get by 30, 49, 57
    Get caught/be left holding the bag [leave (someone) holding the bag] 30, 54, 96
    Get down to brass tacks/business/the nitty gritty 31, 32, 60, 89, 105
    Get/give (someone/something) short shrift 33
    Get/give (someone) the cold shoulder 33
    Get/give (someone) the go-ahead 32, 33
    Get/give (someone) the green light 33
    Get/give (someone) the sack 33, 70
    Get/give (someone) the short end of the stick 33
    Get/give (someone) the third degree 33
    Get/give the go-ahead 32, 33
    Get/have (something) down pat 33
    Get/hit (something) on the nose 32
    Get it in the neck 31
    Get/lend (someone) a hand 34
    Get off/go scot-free 31
    Get off (one’s) high horse 31
    Get (one’s) act/it together 30, 31, 51, 64, 67
    Get (one’s) second wind 31
    Get (someone’s) dander/hackles up 10, 31, 76, 80, 104
    Get (something) off (one’s) chest 32, 118
    Get (something) through (one’s) head 32
    Get the message 32
    Get this show on the road 31, 32, 89
    Get to the bottom of (something) 32
    Get to the point 5, 32, 41, 85
    Get-up-and-go 32
    Get up on the wrong side of the bed 33, 104, 119
    Gift of gab, the 34, 89, 104
    Give in 24, 34, 51, 83, 84, 85
    Give (one’s) right (body part) for/to do (something) 34
    Give (someone) a hard time 34, 104
    Give (someone) a piece of (one’s) mind 13, 14, 34, 72, 74, 82, 104
    Give (someone) a ring 34, 104
    Give (someone) a snow job 16, 34, 71, 78, 104
    Give (someone) a/some song and dance 16, 34, 71, 78, 104
    Give (someone) a taste of (his/her) own medicine 26, 35, 91,92, 104
    Give (someone/something) a wide berth 35
    Give (someone) the cold shoulder 35
    Give (someone) the shirt off (one’s) back 35
    Go against the grain 35
    Go around in circles 35
    Go bananas [drive (someone) bananas] 2, 3, 15, 35, 36, 49,104, 118
    Go broke 26, 35, 105, 120
    Go for broke 35
    Go haywire 2, 3, 15, 30, 35, 36, 49
    Go it alone 36
    Golden age 37
    Good egg 37, 103, 117
    Good grief 28, 37
    Good samaritan 38
    Go off half-cocked 36, 78
    Go off the deep end 36
    Go out on a limb 36, 85
    Go overboard 36
    Go over like a lead balloon 36
    Go over with a bang 36
    Go to pieces 36
    Go to pot/seed 37, 104, 119
    Go to the dogs 37, 104
    Go to town 37, 55, 71, 92, 99, 104
    Go up in smoke 37
    Go whole hog 37, 55, 71, 92, 99
    Go with the flow 37, 55, 76, 88
    Grasp at straws 38
    Gravy train 38, 104
    Gray matter 38
    Green around the gills 38, 103
    Green thumb 38
    Grim reaper 38


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