Get this

Meaning

get this

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

Examples

Get this in mind early: We never grow up. Richard Bach

I love America. I love our freedom. And nowhere could a guy like me, a schlub like me have success with -- where would I get this freedom of speech? They don't allow this anywhere. Howard Stern

Now, get this as a technical fact, not a hopeful idea. Every time we have investigated the background of a critic of Scientology, we have found crimes for which that person or group could be imprisoned under existing law. We do not find critics of Scientology who do not have criminal pasts. L. Ron Hubbard

Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this [the vote on the Iraq war] through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years! Tony Blair

It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet. John Barrowman

You don't spin, you don't weave, or wind, so where did you get this pile of money? Sicilian Proverb

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