to acquire; to get; to obtain

The old man bribed a young girl with money and jewelry.

He carried off the first prize at the chess tournament.

You're still too young to get a driver's license.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century, if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

He was glad to avail himself of any means to succeed in life.