The word `get' is so cruelly overused in English that
Ambrose Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get married",
asks the reader why not to say "to get dead", too. I
therefore try to limit its office in my vocabulary to the
immediate meaning of taking something. One phrase, however,
makes me cudgel my brains -- "to get into a car". What
literate synonyms can you propose for it without `get'? How
about "to board"? But I fear it does not work for both
passenger and driver. I got stuck...

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On 11/08/2020 5:13 a.m., Anton Shepelev : All wrote:

The word!?! get' is so cruelly overused in English that Ambrose
Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get married", asks the
reader why not to say "to get dead", too. I therefore try to
limit its office in my vocabulary to the immediate meaning of
taking something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms can you
propose for it without!?! get'? How about "to board"? But I fear
it does not work for both passenger and driver. I got stuck...

English is such a hodge-podge of mixed rules and exceptions. I can empathize.

How about the terms ingress and egress?

Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But I think you can make them work as a substitute for your needs.

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August Abolins to Anton Shepelev:

The word `get' is so cruelly overused in English that
Ambrose Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get
married", asks the reader why not to say "to get dead",
too. I therefore try to limit its office in my
vocabulary to the immediate meaning of taking
something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms
can you propose for it without `get'? How about "to
board"? But I fear it does not work for both passenger
and driver. I got stuck...

How about the terms ingress and egress?

I didn't know they could be verbs. But even if they can,
are they transitive verbs? In other words, can one ingress
a car without making fun of English grammar and himself?

I first encountered the word `egress' in the scene in Moby
Dick where Ishmael saw Bildad and Peleg quarrel over his
`lay'.

Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of
getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But
I think you can make them work as a substitute for your
needs.

These words refer to the acts of entrace and exit. I see
nothing in their meanings that might be linked with the
difficulty of entering or exiting...

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On 12/08/2020 6:12 a.m., Anton Shepelev : August Abolins wrote:

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Heheheh! Touché

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On 8/12/2020 6:12 AM, between "Anton Shepelev : August Abolins":

How about the terms ingress and egress?

I didn't know they could be verbs. But even if they can,
are they transitive verbs? In other words, can one ingress
a car without making fun of English grammar and himself?

By now, I am sure you found something like this:

ingress

(intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself
(transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)
(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
(Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
Synonyms:
get in, enter, get into, move into, pass into, go in, slip into, come into, go into, come in, set foot in, move in, pass in, pile in, pop in, rush in, step in, work in, make way into


egress

(intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.
Synonyms:
emerge, flow, cascade, gush, stream, course, pour, spurt, issue, jet, proceed, ripple, run, spew, spill, spout, steam, deluge, discharge, emanate, emit, flood, ooze, overflow, roll, rush, sputter, stem, surge, teem, trickle, well, drift, drip, exude, leak, slip, squirt, swell, swirl, tumble, dribble, gurgle, regurgitate, whirl, well forth, well up, leak out, run out

Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of
getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But
I think you can make them work as a substitute for your
needs.

These words refer to the acts of entrace and exit. I see
nothing in their meanings that might be linked with the
difficulty of entering or exiting...

Sorry, I meant that I've only encountered them when people describe the ease or difficultly of getting in or out of cars - in automobile review, for example.

So, maybe something like "egress from the car", or "ingress into the car." ???

Going back to your original concern that "makes me cudgel my brains -- "to get into a car"", in my native Latvian we would litterally say "climb" for entering or exiting a vehicle."

For example "Kap ara no masinas" (for "Climb out of the car."), or "Kap ieksa masina" (for "Climb in the car."

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