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get answered vs got answered

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Get answered' is in the present tense, while 'got answered' is in the past tense. Depending on whether you are referring to the current state of being answered or to a past event of being answered, you would choose between 'get answered' or 'got answered'.

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get answered

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in the present tense to indicate the action of being answered at the current moment.

Examples:

I hope my question will get answered soon.
Please wait for your call to get answered by the customer service representative.

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Do you really believe that our prayers get answered?
Some questions don't get answered till the afterlife.
This is the place where the mysteries of the universe get answered.
I'm sorry, what is it you're trying to get answered?
An answer, they don't get answered, then there's more.

Alternatives:

be answered
receive an answer

got answered

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in the past tense to indicate that something was answered at a specific point in the past.

Examples:

Yesterday, my question finally got answered.
I'm glad that the issue got answered during the meeting.

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One of my prayers just got answered.
I cannot believe that you're the only one whose booty call got answered.
The percentage of the questions that got answered was very very low.
But when I got there, nobody answered.
How about the fact that this whole thing started when you got upset when I answered a hypothetical question about a girl I care nothing about.
Not until all questions have been answered.
Our prayers for deliverance have been answered.
And tonight you answered every question in trivia.
They answered all my questions, Hoyt.
You answered before seeing my huge deck.
And we thought our prayers were answered.
I answered the same things a thousand times.
My questions were answered with silence.
The police answered Paulie's phone.
The phone rang. Roma answered.
Cause I answered no twice to the government loyalty questionnaire.
These are questions that cannot be answered in words.
Driscoll answered last time Jenny called.
Guess my prayers have been answered.
Looks like your prayer is answered.

Alternatives:

was answered
received an answer

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