get to
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Arrive at, reach, as in When we get to the store we'll talk to the manager .
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Begin doing something or start to deal with something. For example, We got to reminiscing about college days , or Let's get to this business right now . [Mid-1800s]
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Bribe someone, as in We're sure the dealer got to one of the narcotics agents . [ Slang ; 1920s]
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Influence or affect, especially adversely, as in This loud music really gets to me , or Mother's crying always gets to him . [ Colloquial ; 1960s] Also see get under someone's skin .
Example Sentences
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"You've got to try all the unique things in London... I think it's important to do stuff that's pushing the line a little bit," he said.
From Barron's
When I get to a hotel…probably 10 times that amount at the start, if I’m going to be there for four or five weeks.
Noah Darnell, a senior pitcher at Santa Margarita High, got to experience something that is becoming too common in the world of the college transfer portal and changing NIL rules.
From Los Angeles Times
“What’s most important is when they win a gold medal they get to meet the leader,” said Brigitte Weich, an Austrian filmmaker, who has made two documentaries on the North Korean women’s soccer team.
Still, with the bank now trading at or above tangible book value, the looming question is now how much potential the bank has to get to sustainably higher future returns.
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