Get real
interjection
An exhortation to be sane and sensible: John, are you going fishing this weekend? Be real, Smitty, I have to study for a test (1980s+ College students)
interjection
An exhortation to be sensible, to eschew illusion: ”I’ll trade them for your Reuben Kincaid sleep goggles.” ”Get real, pal”/ Be real, Smitty, I have to study for a test/ What other city has both a large number of Quaker activists and a dreadlocked black cult whose house the city has bombed? Get real (1970s+)
Be realistic, understand what’s going on, as in You think you’ll win the lottery if you buy one ticket a week? Get real! [ ; second half of 1900s ]
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see: get a move on
- Get sick
1. [Ninth century] 2. Become disgusted, as in We got sick as we learned how much money was wasted, or I get sick when I hear about his debts. [ Early 1500s ] Also see: make one sick 3. Also, get sick to one’s stomach; be sick. Become nauseated, vomit, as in If you eat […]
- Get small
verb phrase To disappear; disperse and vanish; MAKE oneself SCARCE: Those suspects got small in a hurry (1980s+ Police)
- Get smart
verb phrase To become wisely aware of one’s situation, the possibilities, etc; wise up: Tell him if he doesn’t get smart he’ll get clobbered (1940s+)
- Get some
verb phrase To succeed in having sex or finding a sexual partner •Euphemistic: get some once a week (1880s+)