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Why did he put "get"? Can't he just say "shot" without "get"?

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Rebecca

No, you cannot say "shot" in this case without "get" or another linking verb. This is because "shot" is a past tense verb, and so it must be paired with a linking verb since it hasn't actually happened in the past tense in this case. In this case, the present tense "get" is used to make the sentence become future perfect tense. So the speaker is saying this expecting them to "be shot" by the potato rocket soon in the future.

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