get used
English
Verb
get used (third-person singular simple present gets used, present participle getting used, simple past got used, past participle (UK) got used or (US) gotten used)
- (intransitive) To become accustomed to something; to acclimate; to adjust.
- I'm getting used to this climate.
- Over time, you will get used to being on the front line.
- (transitive) to make accustomed, to accustom, to habituate (someone to something).
- I'm gradually getting them used to the idea.
- (colloquial, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, used.
- This sponge gets used to clean cars.
Related terms
Translations
to become accustomed (intransitive)
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to make accustomed (transitive) — see accustom
See also
- get acquainted with
- familiarise
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