# get it

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, it.
2. To understand something; to catch on; to fully appreciate its implications.
3. To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath.
4. To be struck (as an act of violence).
5. To have sex, especially referring to its possibility or eventuality.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/get-it