Passive ‘GET‘ + past participles is a way of using ‘get’ instead of ‘be’ in the passive voice in informal spoken English. It often refers to accidental or unexpected actions that we don’t want. For example:
If we don’t get caught,
it‘s not gonna matter who it was we stole from,
and we‘re not going to get caught.
Oh, that‘s so nobody accidentally gets thrown out.
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 Point 5 in the category of passives is defined as:
a range of forms of ‘get’ + past participles.
A search in iWeb for:
GET _VVN
does not always give us passive forms:
1 GET RID 313567
Although this is not a passive example, it’s a PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE using the infinitive form of GET + PP:
I would like to get rid of my bad habits.
Korean, Female, Level 3, Writing Class
2 GET STARTED 233345
3 GET PAID 68050
4 GET CAUGHT 54284
5 GETTING RID 51398
6 GET INVOLVED 46551
7 GET MARRIED 44997 NOT PASSIVE
8 GETTING STARTED 42688 idiomatic
9 GETTING MARRIED 29183
10 GOT MARRIED 28836
11 GOT RID 25420
12 GETTING PAID 19640
13 GET ASKED 18184
14 GOT CAUGHT 16740
15 GET HIT 16687
16 GETTING CAUGHT 14701
17 GOT STARTED 13004
18 GET DRESSED 10607
19 GET NOTICED 10228
20 GETS RID 9673
21 GOT HIT 8956
22 GET DISTRACTED 8575 This is a past participle as adjective.
Quit getting distracted by all the girls
and all the other stupid stuff.
23 GET CARRIED 8303
24 GETTING HIT 8090
25 GET TESTED 7226
26 GET LAID 7088
27 GET DISCOURAGED 7056
28 GET SUCKED 6709
29 GET ACQUAINTED 6613
30 GET SENT 6505
31 GET PICKED 6391
32 GOT INVOLVED 6353
33 GET USED 6345
34 GETTING DRESSED 6186
35 GETS CAUGHT 6179
36 GETS PAID 6064
37 GET CALLED 6015
38 GET ORGANIZED 5753
39 GOT PAID 5747
40 GET FIRED 5684
41 GET THROWN 5562
42 GET PULLED 5520
43 GET PASSED 5133
44 GET KNOCKED 5096
45 GET TURNED 5088
46 GET HUNG 5045
47 GET PUSHED 5005
48 GET NOTIFIED 4982
49 GET DAMAGED 4955
50 GET BOGGED 4884
51 GET TRAPPED 4815
52 GOTTEN RID 4812
53 GET LEFT 4782
54 GETTING INVOLVED 4744
55 GET BURNED 4738
56 GET CONFUSED 4680
57 GET TAKEN 4560
58 GET KICKED 4527
59 GET KILLED 4503
60 GET MADE 4439
61 GET LOST 4399
62 GET HOOKED 4366
63 GET PROMOTED 4342
64 GET INSPIRED 4290
65 GET CHECKED 4152
66 GET CHARGED 4087
67 GET PUT 3952
68 GET TREATED 3899
69 GET ARRESTED 3886
70 GETS SENT 3846
71 GET PUBLISHED 3842
72 GET ELECTED 3770
73 GETS HIT 3669
74 GETS THROWN 3661
75 GOT HOOKED 3654
76 GET REWARDED 3610
77 GET EATEN 3554
78 GET SETTLED 3462
79 GOT KICKED 3435
80 GET INVITED 3407
81 GETS CALLED 3341
82 GOT FIRED 3320
83 GETS PUT 3279
84 GET CHANGED 3151
85 GET MIXED 3119
86 GET SWEPT 3109
87 GET LOCKED 3087
88 GET STRESSED 3055
89 GOT CALLED 3054
90 GET ADDED 3026
91 GET BLOWN 3015
92 GETTING LAID 2964
93 GET TOLD 2918
94 GET CONNECTED 2839
95 GET EXCITED 2816
96 GET SCREWED 2807
97 GET DROPPED 2804
98 GET RELEASED 2778
99 GET SET 2761
100 GETS PASSED 2720
A2:
added, called, checked, dressed, hit, killed, lost, married, mixed, passed, picked, pulled, pushed, set, thrown, turned