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"get" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often obtain (6 letters).
Definitions
To receive, obtain, become, understand, or cause something to happen.
Word origin
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).
Used in a sentence
“I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”
“Lance is going to get Mary a ring.”
“I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer13 curated clues
01“Acquire”3 letters
02“Catch, as a joke”3 letters
03“Come by”3 letters
04“Come to have”3 letters
05“Come to understand”3 letters
06“Fetch”3 letters
07“Obtain at last”3 letters
08“Obtain or receive”3 letters
09“Receive”3 letters
10“Receive or fetch”3 letters
11“Receive or obtain”3 letters
12“Receive or understand”3 letters
13“Obtain”3 letters
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