phrasal/causative structure · neutral
get someone to (do something)
UK/ɡet ˈsʌmwʌn tuː ˈduː ˌsʌmθɪŋ/US/ɡet ˈsʌmwʌn tu ˈduː ˌsʌmθɪŋ/get SOME·one to DO some·THING
to persuade or arrange for someone to do something for you (get + someone + to + base verb).
Examples
“I got my brother to help me move the furniture.”
“She got the teacher to explain the mark again.”
“We got the technician to come early so we wouldn't miss the deadline.”
Band 8 sentence
“For the presentation we got a technician to set up the projector so everything ran smoothly.”
Collocations
- get someone to help
- get someone to agree
Word family
Common mistakes
I got him do it.→I got him to do it.
I made him to help me.→I made him help me. / I got him to help me.
Say it for a higher band
5ask someone→6make someone do→7+get someone to (do something)
Synonyms
persuade someone to
Easily confused
make someone do
“I made him apologise.”
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