get tickets

Meaning

This phrase means to buy, win, or otherwise obtain entry passes for an event like a concert, movie, play, or sports game. It is much more common in casual conversation than saying 'purchase admission passes.'

Examples

• We need to get tickets for the concert before they sell out.

  We need to get tickets for the concert before they sell out.

• Did you manage to get tickets for the late-night show?

  Did you manage to get tickets for the late-night show?

• I'm trying to get tickets to the championship game, but the website keeps crashing.

  I'm trying to get tickets to the championship game, but the website keeps crashing.

• She got tickets for the museum exhibition online to avoid the queue.

  She got tickets for the museum exhibition online to avoid the queue.

• My brother got us free tickets to the comedy club tonight.

  My brother got us free tickets to the comedy club tonight.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I bought some entries for the cinema tonight.

  ✓ I got some tickets for the cinema tonight.

  Non-native speakers often translate 'entries' or 'passes' literally from their native language, but native speakers almost always use 'tickets' for movie admissions.

• ✗ We need to get tickets of the concert.

  ✓ We need to get tickets for the concert.

  In English, we use the preposition 'for' (or sometimes 'to') when specifying the event we want to attend, rather than 'of'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I hope we can ___ for the music festival this weekend.

  💡 Buy entry passes

  Show answer

  get tickets

• Where did you ___ to the game? The seats are amazing!

  💡 Obtain passes

  Show answer

  get tickets