All 4 Uses of
acquire
in
Catch-22
- Colonel Cathcart did not know if he owned the house or rented it, from whom he had acquired it or how much, if anything, it was costing.†
Chpt 21 *
- Her fantastic wealth just kept piling up, and she had to remind herself daily that all the hundreds of thousands of dollars she was acquiring were not worth a single penny without her husband to share this good fortune with her.†
Chpt 31
- Alarm changed to resignation, and more and more Doc Daneeka acquired the look of an ailing rodent.†
Chpt 31
- You'll go far in this world if you ever acquire some decent ambition.'†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)