get it

Questions about get it

What does get it mean?

get it means "understand, usually after some initial difficulty". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get it?

Close synonyms include catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get it a common word?

get it is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.