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

You also get to share knowledge and divide work based on each partner’s skill set, and the business is easy to set up and shut down.

From Salon

In a glaring example from the pilot episode, Angela says that Anne Frank was “lucky” because she got to be “stuck in an attic for three years with this guy she really liked.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes, as a director, you’ve got to get out of your own way.

From Los Angeles Times

Anyone who actually cared about women or "life" would want to get to the bottom of that.

From Salon

“Axons can get to be that way … but they can also recover from it, they can go right back to looking like normal tubes.”

From Science Magazine

Related Words

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