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get off one's chest (to relieve oneself by talking to someone)
verb

dire ce qu'on a sur le cœurverbe

se libérer d'un poidsverbe

vider son sacverbe

get on (to board or mount)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn]

monter◼◼◼verbe

embarquer [Québec]◼◼◻verbe

enfourcher◼◻◻verbe

get on (to enter (a vehicle))
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn]

monter◼◼◼verbe

embarquer [Québec]◼◼◻verbe

get on (to become old)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn]

se faire vieux◼◻◻verbe

get on someone's bad side verb

s'attirer les foudres deverbe

se mettre à dosverbe

get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz]

courir sur le haricotverbe

taper sur les nerfsverbe

get on with (proceed with)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn wɪð ˈsʌm.bə.di]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn wɪθ ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di]

retourner à◼◼◼verbe

get one's act together (become serious and organized)
verb

se reprendre en mainverbe

get one's butt somewhere verb

ramener sa fraiseverbe

ramener ses fessesverbe

ramener son culverbe

get one's claws into verb

mettre le grappin surverbe

get one's finger out (stop delaying)
verb

se bouger le culverbe

se bouger les fessesverbe

se remuer les fessesverbe

get one's hands dirty verb

se salir les mainsverbe

get one's hands on (to get, to obtain, to secure)
verb

dégoterverbe

dénicherverbe

mettre la mainverbe

get one's knickers in a twist (to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter)
verb

avoir ses bobettes dans un taponverbe

slaquer ses bobettes [Quebec]verbe

get one's way (obtain the circumstances one wishes for)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈweɪ]
[US: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈweɪ]

parvenir à ses finsverbe

get one's wires crossed (to misunderstand one another)
verb

avoir un malentenduverbe

s'emmêler les pinceauxverbe

get up on the wrong side of the bed (to feel irritable without a particular reason)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ʌp ɒn ðə rɒŋ saɪd əv ðə bed]
[US: ˈɡet ʌp ɑːn ðə ˈrɒŋ ˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈbed]

se lever du pied gaucheverbe

give as good as one gets verb
[UK: ɡɪv əz ɡʊd əz wʌn ˈɡets]
[US: ˈɡɪv ˈæz ˈɡʊd ˈæz wʌn ˈɡets]

rendre coup pour coup◼◼◼verbe

avoir de la repartieverbe

avoir du répondantverbe

give of oneself verb

donner de sa personneverbe

give one's all (make the utmost effort)
verb

se donner à fondverbe

give one's word (to promise, see also: promise)
verb

donner sa paroleverbe

give oneself airs (to act pretentiously)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv wʌn.ˈself eəz]
[US: ˈɡɪv wʌn.ˈself ˈerz]

se donner des airsverbe

give someone a piece of one's mind (to rebuke someone)
verb

dire ses quatre véritésverbe

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