Get together meaning
Get together means to meet other people, usually to spend time together. It can also mean to start a romantic relationship.
get together
get together · got · getting
Let’s get together for coffee next week.
Get together meanings and examples
3 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.
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1
Meet other people, usually to spend time together
get together
- Let’s get together for coffee next week.
- The whole family gets together at New Year.
- We haven’t got together since the summer.
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2
Start a romantic relationship
get together
- My parents got together when they were nineteen.
- Did Sam and Priya get together in the end?
- They got together at a friend’s wedding.
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3
Collect people or things in one place
get somebody or something together
- Can you get the team together for a quick meeting?
- I need to get together some money for a new laptop.
- We got them together for one last photo.
Café orders
New friends
At the airport
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Use get together in real conversations
- Learn new words with picture cards
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- Short lessons at your level, a few minutes a day
Is get together separable?
When get together means meet, it has no object: Let’s get together soon. Add with for the other person: I got together with old friends. When it means collect, it is separable: get the team together, get them together.
In the romantic meaning, get together means become a couple, not just meet: Did they get together? asks if they started dating.
Verb tenses for get together
| Present | I get together · she gets together |
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| Past | got together |
| Present perfect | have got together (US: have gotten together) |
| -ing form | getting together |
Common mistakes with get together
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: Let’s get together us on Friday.
Right: Let’s get together on Friday.
In this meaning get together needs no object.
Wrong: I got together to my cousins last week.
Right: I got together with my cousins last week.
Use with before the people you meet.
Wrong: They have got together since 2015.
Right: They have been together since 2015.
Get together is the start; be together is the state.
Synonyms and opposites of get together
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
- hang outspend relaxed time with friends, often with no plan
- meet upmeet someone, often at a fixed place and time
Opposite
- split upend a romantic relationship
- drift apartslowly see each other less and less
Get together quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1We should ___ for dinner sometime!
Get together means meet socially.
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2Choose the right sentence.
Use with before the people.
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3Tom and Ana got together last year. What does it mean?
Two people who get together start a relationship.
More phrasal verbs with get
All phrasal verbs with get, by level, with an exercise
19 phrasal verbs start with get. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- get upA1get out of bed after you sleep
- get onA2go onto a bus, train, plane, boat or bike
- get offA2leave a bus, train, plane, boat or bike
- get backA2return home or to a place where you were before
- get inA2enter a car, a taxi, a building or a small space
- get outA2leave a car, a room or a building
- get intoA2go inside a car, a building or a small space
- get overB1feel better after an illness
- get alongB1like each other and be friendly
- get aroundB1travel or move from place to place
- get byB2manage to live or do something with just enough money, skill or help
- get throughB2pass an exam or reach the next stage of a competition
- get awayB2escape from a person or a place
- get away withB2do something wrong and not be punished for it
- get aheadB2be successful in your job or in life
- get on withB2start or continue doing something, especially work, after a pause
- get out ofB2avoid doing something you should do, often with an excuse
- get down toB2start doing something seriously and with full attention
Get together FAQ
Questions people ask about get together.
What is a get-together?
A get-together, with hyphens, is an informal party or meeting: We’re having a small get-together on Saturday.
What does get it together mean?
Get it together, or get yourself together, means start acting in a calm, organised way: Come on, get it together! You’re late again.
What is the difference between get together and meet up?
Both mean meet. Get together sounds a bit warmer and often means a social visit. Meet up often fixes a place: Let’s meet up at the station.
Use get together in real conversations
In Slova you learn new words with picture cards, then use them when you talk about the things you love. A few minutes a day, at your level.