The word!?! get' is so cruelly overused in English that Ambrose
Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get married", asks the
reader why not to say "to get dead", too. I therefore try to
limit its office in my vocabulary to the immediate meaning of
taking something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms can you
propose for it without!?! get'? How about "to board"? But I fear
it does not work for both passenger and driver. I got stuck...
The word `get' is so cruelly overused in English that
Ambrose Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get
married", asks the reader why not to say "to get dead",
too. I therefore try to limit its office in my
vocabulary to the immediate meaning of taking
something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms
can you propose for it without `get'? How about "to
board"? But I fear it does not work for both passenger
and driver. I got stuck...
How about the terms ingress and egress?
Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of
getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But
I think you can make them work as a substitute for your
needs.
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