dostać — meaning in English

English meaning

• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
• receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.

Senses

dostać is used for these senses in English:

• come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• get it (idiomatic) To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath.
• receive (transitive, dated) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.

get — full definition

1. verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
2. verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
3. verb To fetch or bring something.
4. verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
5. verb To understand something.

obtain — full definition

1. verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
2. verb To be the case or hold true, especially in formal or legal contexts.

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