get this

phrase

Used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.

    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.'

    2015, Suzanne Brockmann, Get Lucky, →ISBN
    1 more example

    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.

    2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian
Cite this entry
APA

get this. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20this

MLA

“get this.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20this. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get this,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20this.

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