Getting and Make

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Getting noun - The act of acquiring something.

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Make is a synonym for getting. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Getting".

Nearby Word: get

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Getting is a synonym for make. Sometimes you can replace term "Getting" with "Make", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Norman Osborn is also up there, playing both sides throughout season 1—getting paid to make supervillains to fight Spider-Man, and then getting paid to come up with the systems to contain them.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Western Animation
The Newlywed Game could not use the term "make love" so "make whoopee" was coined instead as a way of getting around the network censors (the show premiered on ABC).

Source: Radar / Live-Action TV
However, seeing him getting meathooks shoved through his chest and then suspended from the ceiling, does make one feel sorry for him.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Film

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