to get processed
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ˈprɑːsɛst/
- Formal
- It typically takes about a week for refunds to get processed by the billing department.
- get processed first
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- The test can't get processed fast enough.
Examples
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"You'll have to stay at the shelter for a day or two until this all gets processed," Diane said.
Fiction book (2002) -
You sign up on my site, you get processed by Stripe, and you can cancel your account right here on my site.
Blog text (11) -
My papers got processed yesterday.
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Not sure if I still have it, as I probably threw it away after my visa got processed.
Blog text (24) -
Consequently, a student might have been sent to three or four different offices in separate buildings to get answers or to get processed completely.
Academic text (2003) -
The test can't get processed fast enough.
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This form is the reason that I can't get a regular job in the US (although this is likely to change soon, depending on how long my paperwork gets processed).
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My application has to get processed by the committee before I can receive a decision.
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Once the forms are completed, they will get processed by the customer service team.
Synonyms
To look at something carefully to find mistakes or missing details
To handle or change something by a series of actions
To make a plan or change happen
Antonyms
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- Formal
- Formal
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'get' (to undergo/receive) plus 'processed' (past participle of 'process'), so a learner who knows both words and the common 'get + past participle' passive/undergo pattern can infer 'to have something go through a formal procedure.' This construction is a regular compositional pattern in English and has parallels in many languages, making it transparently understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Get processed may come from the image of papers or goods on a moving line being checked, stamped and sorted by people or machines. So when something gets processed it goes through those steps, which is why the phrase means 'to go through a formal procedure or review'.