public java.lang.String getVerb() {
      java.lang.Object ref = verb_;
      if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        verb_ = s;
        return s;
      } else {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
Output only. Name of the verb executed by the operation.
</pre>

<code>string verb = 4 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OUTPUT_ONLY];</code>

@return The verb.
java-workstations/proto-google-cloud-workstations-v1beta/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/workstations/v1beta/OperationMetadata.java