get real

Meaning

1. Oxford55% of films

   used to tell sb that they are behaving in a stupid or unreasonable way

   - If we got back together... - Get real, Raheem.

   Get real, man.

2. Editorial18% of films

   (of a situation) to turn serious, intense, or dangerous

   it's about to get real.

In the movies · 9

• You say that when you don't wanna get real.Bad Boys for Life2020
• - If we got back together... - Get real, Raheem.Juice1992
• - Groucho? Oh, get real. - No, I'm serious.Mighty Aphrodite1995
• Well, it's about to get real.Lightyear2022
• Get real, man.The Mask1994
• it's about to get real.Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical2022
• It's about to get real noisy.Project Power2020
• But you gotta get real.Red Eye2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight
• The Mask1994
  • Stanley Hands Over the Tickets
  • Arguing the Plan Against Niko
  • Stanley Becomes the Mask

From the same entry

• for real
• keep it real
• the real thing
• the real McCoy
• the power behind the throne

More idioms

• think straight
• use your head
• what are we waiting for
• see coming
• a breath of fresh air
• make love
• be barking up the wrong tree
• be for a good cause
• bring to life
• carry too far
• get off the ground
• have a thing about