"get this" meaning in English

See get this in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Audio: en-us-get-this.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} get this
  1. Used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.
    Sense id: en-get_this-en-phrase-lliYAlmt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for get this meaning in English (1.5kB)

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          "ref": "2015, Suzanne Brockmann, Get Lucky",
          "text": "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.'",
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          "ref": "2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "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.",
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