Acquires Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "GETS" which means:

noun
• • A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
• • Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• • Enter or assume a certain state or condition
• • Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
• • Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
• • Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
• • Go or come after and bring or take back
• • Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
• • Take vengeance on or get even
• • Achieve a point or goal
• • Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
• • Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
• • Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
• • Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• • Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
• • Give certain properties to something
• • Move into a desired direction of discourse
• • Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
• • Attract and fix
• • Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
• • Reach by calculation
• • Acquire as a result of some effort or action
• • Purchase
• • Perceive by hearing
• • Suffer from the receipt of
• • Receive as a retribution or punishment
• • Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
• • Reach and board
• • Irritate
• • Evoke an emotional response
• • Apprehend and reproduce accurately
• • Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• • Overcome or destroy
• • Be a mystery or bewildering to
• • Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• • Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
• • Make (offspring) by reproduction

An example sentence would be:

• • "She gets up early every morning."
• • "He gets good grades in school."

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