diff --git a/_python_utils_tests/test_containers.py b/_python_utils_tests/test_containers.py
index f1c6527..c64191d 100644
--- a/_python_utils_tests/test_containers.py
+++ b/_python_utils_tests/test_containers.py
@@ -1209,3 +1209,63 @@ def test_unique_list_failed_assignment_takes_membership_back() -> None:
     assert 1 in values
     values.append(3)
     assert values == [1, 2, 3]
+
+
+def test_lazy_casted_dict_get_casts_values_without_caching() -> None:
+    """Get uses the same key and value casts as indexed reads."""
+    calls: list[str] = []
+
+    def cast(value: str) -> int:
+        """Record each lazy value conversion."""
+        calls.append(value)
+        return int(value)
+
+    values: containers.LazyCastedDict[int, int] = containers.LazyCastedDict(
+        int, cast
+    )
+    values['1'] = '2'
+    assert values.get('1') == 2
+    assert values.get(1) == 2
+    assert calls == ['2', '2']
+    assert raw_items(values) == {1: '2'}
+    assert values.get('3', 'fallback') == 'fallback'
+
+
+def test_lazy_casted_dict_get_defaults_without_value_cast() -> None:
+    """Return missing defaults unchanged and support disabled casts."""
+    values: containers.LazyCastedDict[int, int] = containers.LazyCastedDict(
+        int, int
+    )
+    assert values.get(1) is None
+    fallback = object()
+    assert values.get(1, fallback) is fallback
+    plain: containers.LazyCastedDict[str, str] = containers.LazyCastedDict()
+    plain['key'] = 'value'
+    assert plain.get('key') == 'value'
+    assert plain.get('missing') is None
+
+
+def test_lazy_casted_dict_get_does_not_hide_cast_errors() -> None:
+    """A KeyError raised by a value cast is not a missing-key result."""
+
+    def cast(value: str) -> int:
+        """Reject values with a distinguishable conversion error."""
+        raise KeyError(value)
+
+    values: containers.LazyCastedDict[str, int] = containers.LazyCastedDict(
+        None, cast
+    )
+    values['key'] = 'bad value'
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError, match='bad value'):
+        values.get('key', 0)
+
+
+def test_lazy_casted_dict_get_casts_key_once() -> None:
+    """A non-idempotent key cast runs once per get call."""
+    key_cast = CountingCast()
+    values: containers.LazyCastedDict[int, typing.Any] = (
+        containers.LazyCastedDict(key_cast, int)
+    )
+    dict[int, typing.Any].__setitem__(values, 2, '3')
+    assert values.get(1) == 3
+    assert key_cast.calls == 1
diff --git a/python_utils/containers.py b/python_utils/containers.py
index 48bc14e..40e8047 100644
--- a/python_utils/containers.py
+++ b/python_utils/containers.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 KT = typing.TypeVar('KT')
 #: A type alias for a type that can be used as a value in a dictionary.
 VT = typing.TypeVar('VT')
+GD = typing.TypeVar('GD')
 #: A type alias for a dictionary with keys of type KT and values of type VT.
 DT = dict[KT, VT]
 #: A type alias for the casted type of a dictionary key.
@@ -453,6 +454,8 @@ class LazyCastedDict(CastedDictBase[KT, VT]):
     [(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (7, 8)]
     >>> d[3]
     4
+    >>> d.get('3')
+    4
 
     # Casts are optional and can be disabled by passing None as the cast
     >>> d = LazyCastedDict()
@@ -507,6 +510,34 @@ def __getitem__(self, key: typing.Any) -> VT:
 
         return value
 
+    @typing.overload
+    def get(self, key: typing.Any, default: None = None) -> VT | None:
+        """Return a cast value or ``None`` when the key is absent."""
+
+    @typing.overload
+    def get(self, key: typing.Any, default: VT) -> VT:
+        """Return a cast value or a default of the same type."""
+
+    @typing.overload
+    def get(self, key: typing.Any, default: GD) -> VT | GD:
+        """Return a cast value or an arbitrary default unchanged."""
+
+    def get(self, key: typing.Any, default: typing.Any = None) -> typing.Any:
+        """Read a lazily cast value, returning ``default`` for missing keys.
+
+        Conversion errors propagate just as they do for indexed reads. A
+        missing default is not converted or stored.
+        """
+        if self._key_cast is not None:
+            key = self._key_cast(key)
+        try:
+            value = super().__getitem__(key)
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+        if self._value_cast is not None:
+            value = self._value_cast(value)
+        return value
+
     def items(  # type: ignore[override]
         self,
     ) -> collections.abc.Generator[tuple[KT, VT], None, None]: