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Definition of Get the goods
1. Verb. Discover some bad or hidden information about. "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get The Goods
Literary usage of Get the goods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"At the time, you were very anxious to pet goods, and make the profit, and you
were willing to concede most anything to get the goods. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property by Floyd Russell Mechem (1901)
"How when buyer is to come and get the goods. 735. Effect of putting goods into
buyer's conveyance. 4. Of Appropriation where Seller is to Send Goods by ..."
3. Adams' Illustrative Cases on the Law of Sales by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1893)
"... and that the party receiving It may get the goods mentioned In the order upon
producing it at the London docks and paying the charges, which are always ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"... and whether th« dut i ess was not made use of to get the goods into his
possession, tur his own use. All. i',:•>. I am of counsel of the came side, ..."
5. Lectures on Commercial Law and the Law of Negotiable Instruments by Samuel Williston (1913)
"Therefore, so long as the seller hangs onto the bill of lading nobody can get
the goods from the carrier, and though the seller has parted with title to the ..."
6. Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1847)
"But suppose the owner sends a bill of lading with instructions to the factor not
to sell the goods for six months, he would have authority to get the goods ..."
7. The English Factories in India, 1618-1621: A Calendar of Documents in the by William Foster (1906)
"As it is essential to get the goods down to Surat very soon in order to lade them
on the ship for England, it is resolved that if Heynes has not procured ..."
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