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get this

get this phrase: used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.

Phrase

get this

  1. Used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.
    • She opened her eyes about an hour after Blue arrived, and—get this! She looks at him and she goes, 'I'm bald. They had to shave my head.'2015, Suzanne Brockmann, Get Lucky, →ISBN
    • Plus Kanté is something new. Get this: Chelsea have the most popular player in the league, a man nobody could seriously boo, albeit even the notably lovable Kanté is perhaps a little fetishised in his humility, his scooter-riding, the Premier League’s own friendly, scuttling Bilbo Baggins.2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian

Questions about get this

What does get this mean?
Get this means used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.
What part of speech is get this?
Get this is a phrase.

Words near get this in the dictionary

  1. get the word out
  2. get the worst of it
  3. get the wrong idea
  4. get thee behind me
  5. get there
  6. get this
  7. get through
  8. get through one's head
  9. get through one's thick skull
  10. get to
  11. get to first base

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