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>
Name of the verb executed by the operation.
</pre>

<code>string verb = 4;</code>

@return The verb.
java-workflows/proto-google-cloud-workflows-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/workflows/v1/OperationMetadata.java