A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GET

Mon, 22 Jul '24
Understand
Sun, 24 Mar '24
Come down with
Fri, 12 Jan '24
A-list guest, to a host
Sun, 3 Dec '23
"___ Up Offa That Thing" (1976 hit)
Sat, 15 Apr '23
Impressive hire, in business lingo
Tue, 11 Apr '23
Pick up
Sun, 7 Aug '22
Obtain
Sun, 26 Jun '22
Understand
Fri, 13 May '22
Snag
Sun, 1 May '22
Grok
Thu, 14 Apr '22
Grok
Thu, 3 Mar '22
Trick
Mon, 21 Feb '22
Understand
Mon, 10 May '21
"Do you ___ my drift?"
Tue, 9 Mar '21
Understand
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Take possession of