get there

Idioms  

1. Achieve success, as in He always wanted to be a millionaire, and he finally got there. In this expression, there indicates one's goal. The participial form of this phrase, getting there, means “making progress toward a goal,” as in I haven't finished the book, but I'm getting there. [Late 1800s] Also see get somewhere.

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Example Sentences

"We want to be in a position in that game to get what we all want to achieve. We want English fans flooding across the channel to get there and watch that game," he said.

From BBC

I show up 45 minutes before my flight and hope to get there right as they’re doing the last call for boarding so I can walk onto the plane without stopping to make any purchases.

From MarketWatch

“If George was ever going to be independent from Hollywood, he thought he wouldn’t get there by making abstract mood poems,” Fischer writes.

From Los Angeles Times

To get there, she jumped, radiated and hair-flipped through an exuberant free program set to Donna Summer.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They are told you are going to work as a guard… only to get there and you are taken to military camps," Ichung'wah said.

From BBC

Related Words

• achieve
• attain
• bring about
• carry out
• conclude
• do
• finish
• manage
• perform
• produce
• pull off
• reach
• realize
• score
• take care of
• win