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"forms": [
{
"form": "gets back to",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "getting back to",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "got back to",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "got back to",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gotten back to",
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"US",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"head": "get back to"
},
"expansion": "get back to (third-person singular simple present gets back to, present participle getting back to, simple past got back to, past participle (UK) got back to or (US) gotten back to)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll get back to work as soon as I've finished this game.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Return to (an activity)"
],
"id": "en-get_back_to-en-verb-dSsJY65g",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Return to (an activity)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "9 91",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll get back to you when I have an answer.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "When I'm done with it, I'll get back to you about it.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request"
],
"id": "en-get_back_to-en-verb-rgLUrOFB",
"links": [
[
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"contact"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request"
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"word": "get back"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "44 56",
"word": "reply for various synonyms"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56",
"word": "follow up"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56",
"word": "respond"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56",
"word": "revert"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request",
"word": "sich melden"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request",
"word": "jelentkezik"
}
]
}
],
"word": "get back to"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "gets back to",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "getting back to",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "got back to",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "got back to",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gotten back to",
"tags": [
"US",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "get<,,got,gotUK:gottenUS> back to",
"head": "get back to"
},
"expansion": "get back to (third-person singular simple present gets back to, present participle getting back to, simple past got back to, past participle (UK) got back to or (US) gotten back to)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "get back"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll get back to work as soon as I've finished this game.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Return to (an activity)"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Return to (an activity)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll get back to you when I have an answer.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "When I'm done with it, I'll get back to you about it.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request"
],
"links": [
[
"contact",
"contact"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "reply for various synonyms"
},
{
"word": "follow up"
},
{
"word": "respond"
},
{
"word": "revert"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request",
"word": "sich melden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request",
"word": "jelentkezik"
}
],
"word": "get back to"
}
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