All retrieve synonyms

verb retrieve

• field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
• gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
• make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
• carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• gussy up — to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
• gunning — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
• catch up — If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
• bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
• ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
• cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
• make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
• copping — the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
• accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
• get one's hands on — (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
• ingathering — a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
• comp — Comp is short for compensation.
• comping — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
• do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• facelift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
• give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
• call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
• comped — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
• accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
• make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
• make over — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• outplace — to provide outplacement for.
• counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
• get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
• hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• fetch — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
• get the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• cash in — If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
• copped — to catch; nab.
• make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
• make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
• gunned — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
• access — If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
• get well — conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
• gussied up — dressed in a showy way