and I began to panic. vs and I got panic

The phrase 'and I began to panic.' is correct, while 'and I got panic' is incorrect. The correct phrase indicates the start of a feeling of panic, while the incorrect one uses 'got' incorrectly with 'panic.'

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"and I began to panic."

This phrase is used to describe the start of a feeling of panic or anxiety.

Examples:

I saw the spider and I began to panic.
As the deadline approached, I began to panic about finishing the project on time.

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... my job and had committed to completing a project by a particular time. At one point I got bogged down by a bug in the code I was writing and I began to panic.
Sep 7, 2015 ... I thought this, of course, right until the point I got to, "graduate college" and I began to panic. When I looked back and reviewed the timeline in ...
They cramped up and I began to panic. This feeling then went to my feet and legs which left me slumped over and disorientated. All this whilst trying to cope with ...
My temporary assignment was coming to a close, and I began to panic. I had lost my job at an automotive company and a business friend wanted to help me out.

Alternatives:

and I started to panic.
and I felt panic setting in.
and panic started to take hold of me.

This phrase is incorrect in English.

"and I got panic"

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My BP went up and I got panic attacks. So I put it away. Then on your older site I thought I saw you say to make a smaller device 50 ml. For people have panic ...
Jun 27, 2011 ... I was so piss and I got panic attack,I was "choking"my tears couldn't stop because my son turn back on me.I was hurt and still I am.Just hour ago ...
... and I got "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" and also emulator -avd GoogleDevice and I got "PANIC: Could not open: GooleDevice".
Aug 30, 2011 ... So I was dowloading the site with: httrack -%i <Link> -A100000 -n -%s -%u -F firefox -%I -p7 -%k -s2 and I got: PANIC! : Too many URLs ...

Alternatives:

and I felt panic.
and I experienced panic.
and panic overcame me.

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and I began to panic. vs and I got panic

"and I began to panic."

"and I got panic"

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