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come and get it
An imperative to come to a certain area to eat. Come and get it, boys! Dinner’s on the table.
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Come and get it!
and Come ‘n’ get it!
Dinner’s ready. Come eat! The camp cook shouted, «Time to eat! Come and get it!»
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come and get it
Come and eat, the meal is ready, as in She called to the children, «Come and get it!» Originating in the British armed forces, this term passed to other English-speaking armies in the late 1800s and was taken up as a dinner summons by various groups who shared meals in a camp, among them cowboys, lumbermen, and construction workers. It occasionally is used facetiously for other summons, especially for sexual favors. For example, «‘Come and get it,’ she said and going to the bed, she lay down … and beckoned to him» (James Hadley Chase, You’re Dead without Money, 1972).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
come and get it
The food is ready to be eaten. This phrase most likely came from Western chuck wagon and logging camp cooks who fed platoons of hungry and rowdy cowboys and lumberjacks and who ruled their domain with an iron hand and skillet. The expression often ended with “before I throw it away.” The men didn’t have to be told twice; anyone who arrived after the meal was served went hungry. Many mothers used the phrase to summon their broods to the table, but with the decline of families eating dinner together, the phrase fell into disuse.
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price
- Come and get it!
- carcass
- on one’s
- on someone’s
- aight
- out of one’s
- as and when
- as from
- as from (something)
- as of now
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come and get
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Соме and Get It
иди и возьми
подойди и возьми
прийти и получить его
Приди и владей
Приди и возьми это
Приди и все возьми
Вернись и возьми
Приезжай и забирай
прийти и забрать его
Come and Get It
приди и получи это
заходи и забирай
Приди и забери его
Идите все сюда и покушайте
Come and get it… if you can!
Come and get it before someone else does.
Come and get it when I call your name.
Come and get it, pretty girl.
Come and get it, if you’re still alive.
Come and get it, handsome.
Come and get it if you can.
Come and get it, you know you want to.
Come and get it, old lady!
Love is like a bomb, baby Come and get it on
Come and get it if you have the ability!
Gentlemen… Come and get it!
Come and get it, keep moving.
Then, they opened the doors and said, «Come and get it.»
A concoction: Come and get it (1936)
Then she said, «Come and get it.»
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Some expressions are so often used on the internet wrongly, that they start to seem right and, sometimes, they actually become acceptable, at least informally. “Come get it” and “come and get it” is one of these examples – they are expressions that are both present in daily conversations. They are both used so frequently that making a distinction between the correct one and the wrong one has practically become impossible – they both seem to work.
But what if you need to use this expression in an essay or in a publication? If you are confused whether you should choose “come get it” or “come and get it”, then the explanation below will certainly help you.
“Come get it” vs. “Come and get it”
Let’s start with the second one, to keep it logical. This is actually the original expression from which “come get it” has also been created. “Come and get it” originates in British English, around the end of the 18th century. The armed forces often used this expression when they announced meal time – they used it with the sense of “the meal is ready, come and eat”. As you can observe, “and” is present in this original expression as well. It has also been kept in “come and get it” later, when it started to be used at every dinner summon or meal summon in homes or in large groups, where construction/factory workers, cowboys or lumbermen used to eat together or share meals.
“Come get it” has appeared later, when people started to shorten words and expressions for a more comfortable use and for easier spelling. Therefore, we can’t say this expression is wrong either, but if we had to choose the most recommended one, “come and get it” would be the winner. Even though “come get it” is used at an equal frequency as the other, this is more informal and preferred in conversations with family or friends.
When do we use “come get it”?
As already explained above, “come get it” is the informal, shorter and more comfortable version. It is not necessarily wrong, but it’s best to use it with close people such as relatives, friends, family etc.
When do we use “come and get it”?
“Come and get it” is the original expression and it is the one recommended for literature or other more formal conversations. It is used in general either to summon people to dinner, to call them for a meal, or, rarely, with sensual, erotic connotations.
Conclusion
If you are talking to friends or family, choosing between “come get it” and “come and get it” mustn’t worry you at all. But if you are trying to have a more formal conversation, then just go for “come and get it”, as this is the expression that has logically originated from the initial phrase of inviting someone to take something.
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Come and eat, the meal is ready, as in She called to the children, “Come and get it!” Originating in the British armed forces, this term passed to other English-speaking armies in the late 1800s and was taken up as a dinner summons by various groups who shared meals in a camp, among them cowboys, lumbermen, and construction workers. It occasionally is used facetiously for other summons, especially for sexual favors. For example, “‘Come and get it,’ she said and going to the bed, she lay down … and beckoned to him” (James Hadley Chase, You’re Dead without Money, 1972).
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Words nearby come and get it
come again?, come alive, come-all-ye, come along, come a long way, come and get it, come and go, come apart at the seams, come around, come at, come-at-able
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How to use come and get it in a sentence
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But that great-come-and-get-it day-is still shimmering in the mists of the gloaming.