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View synonyms for get there

get there



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Idioms and Phrases

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

The advice to get-rich-quick, or to get-good-quick, or to get-there-quick, is very acceptable.

Get-there City had not gotten there beyond a single straggling street of shanties.

No wonder it's better than any of our get-there-quick products.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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