get to

1. Arrive at, reach, as in When we get to the store we'll talk to the manager .

2. 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 .

3. Bribe someone, as in We're sure the dealer got to one of the narcotics agents . [ Slang ; 1920s]

4. 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]

Example Sentences

“Bailey is literally like my little brother. When he first got to Nashville, he was like, ‘Man, I’m just so glad to meet you.’

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They’d play against each other at home, but they finally get to play together.

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Now breaking down game film from Michigan games on Sundays, Alford rarely gets to watch his protege for extended periods now.

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“When we got to the table on this one, I think his name was Bob or something, and he didn’t feel like a Bob,” he says.

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“We have horrible, disgusting, dangerous, filthy encampments of junkies and homeless people living in places that our children used to play Little League baseball, which they don’t get to play very much anymore, do they?”

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Related Words

• agitate
• alarm
• bewilder
• bother
• confound
• daunt
• disconcert
• discourage
• dishearten
• disillusion
• dispirit
• disquiet
• disturb
• dumbfound
• embarrass
• faze
• flummox
• fluster
• frighten
• horrify