getting to
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got or gat;got or got·ten;get·ting.
- : to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- : to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information.
- : to go after, take hold of, and bring for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me?
- : to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room.
- : to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone.
- : to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name.
- : to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn: to get a lesson.
- : to capture; seize: Get him before he escapes!
- : to receive as a punishment or sentence: to get a spanking; to get 20 years in jail.
- : to prevail on; influence or persuade: We'll get him to go with us.
- : to prepare; make ready: to get dinner.
- : to beget.
- : Informal. to affect emotionally: Her pleas got me.
- : to hit, strike, or wound: The bullet got him in the leg.
- : Informal. to kill.
- : Informal. to take vengeance on: I'll get you yet!
- : to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from: He got malaria while living in the tropics. She gets butterflies before every performance.
- : Informal. to puzzle; irritate; annoy: Their silly remarks get me.
- : Informal. to understand; comprehend: I don't get the joke. This report may be crystal-clear to a scientist, but I don't get it.
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got or gat;got or got·ten;get·ting.
- : to come to a specified place; arrive; reach: to get home late.
- : to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted: You get to meet a lot of interesting people.
- : to become or to cause oneself to become as specified; reach a certain condition: to get angry; to get sick.
- : : to get married; to get elected; to get hit by a car.
- : to succeed in coming, going, arriving at, visiting, etc.: I don't get into town very often.
- : to bear, endure, or survive: Can he get through another bad winter?
- : to earn money; gain.
- : Informal. to leave promptly; scram: He told us to get.
- : to start or enter upon the action of: to get moving; Get rolling.
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- : an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- : a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.
- : British Slang. something earned, as salary, profits, etc.: What's your week's get?a child born out of wedlock.
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- : get about, to move about; be active: He gets about with difficulty since his illness.to become known; spread: It was supposed to be a secret, but somehow it got about.to be socially active: She's been getting about much more since her family moved to the city.Also get around .
- : get across, to make or become understandable; communicate: to get a lesson across to students.to be convincing about; impress upon others: The fire chief got across forcefully the fact that turning in a false alarm is a serious offense.
- : get ahead, to be successful, as in business or society: She got ahead by sheer determination.
- : get ahead of, to move forward of, as in traveling: The taxi got ahead of her after the light changed.to surpass; outdo: He refused to let anyone get ahead of him in business.
- : get along, to go away; leave.get on.
- : get around, to circumvent; outwit.to ingratiate oneself with through flattery or cajolery.to travel from place to place; circulate: I don't get around much anymore.get about.
- : get at, to reach; touch: to stretch in order to get at a top shelf.to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate: What are you getting at?to discover; determine: to get at the root of a problem.Informal.to influence by surreptitious or illegal means; bribe: The gangsters couldn't get at the mayor.
- : get away, to escape; flee: He tried to get away, but the crowd was too dense.to start out; leave: The racehorses got away from the starting gate.
- : get away with, to perpetrate or accomplish without detection or punishment: Some people lie and cheat and always seem to get away with it.
- : get by, to succeed in going past: to get by a police barricade.to manage to exist, survive, continue in business, etc., in spite of difficulties.to evade the notice of: He doesn't let much get by him.
- : get down, to bring or come down; descend: The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.to concentrate; attend: to get down to the matter at hand.to depress; discourage; fatigue: Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.to swallow: The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.to relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment: getting down with a bunch of old friends.
- : get in, to go into a place; enter: He forgot his key and couldn't get in.to arrive; come: They both got in on the same train.to become associated with: He got in with a bad crowd.to be chosen or accepted, as for office, membership, etc.: As secretary of the club, his friend made sure that he got in.to become implicated in: By embezzling money to pay his gambling debts quickly, he was getting in further and further.
- : get off, to escape the consequences of or punishment for one's actions.to help escape punishment: A good lawyer might get you off.to begin a journey; leave: He got off on the noon flight.to leave; dismount from; alight.to tell; express: The comedian got off a couple of good ones.Informal.to have the effrontery: Where does he get off telling me how to behave?Slang: Vulgar.to experience orgasm.to experience or cause to experience a high from or as if from a drug.to cause to feel pleasure, enthusiasm, or excitement: a new rock group that gets everyone off.
- : get on / along to make progress; proceed; advance.to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.to be on good terms; agree: She simply can't get on with her brothers.to advance in age: He is getting on in years.
- : get out, to leave: Get out of here! We had to get out of the bus at San Antonio.to become publicly known: We mustn't let this story get out.to withdraw or retire: He decided to get out of the dry goods business.to produce or complete: Let's get this work out!
- : get over, to recover from: to get over an illness.get across.
- : get through, to succeed, as in meeting, reaching, or contacting by telephone: I tried to call you last night, but I couldn't get through.to complete; finish: How he ever got through college is a mystery.to make oneself understood: One simply cannot get through to her.
- : get to, to get in touch or into communication with; contact: It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.Informal.to make an impression on; affect: This music really gets to you.to begin: When he gets to telling stories about the war, there's no stopping him.
Phrases
- get a bang out of
- get about
- get a break
- get a charge
- get across
- get a dirty look
- get a fix
- get a fix on
- get a free hand
- get after
- get a grip on
- get a hand
- get a handle on
- get ahead
- get a head start
- get a kick out of
- get a life
- get a line on
- get a load of
- get along
- get a move on
- get an in with
- get another guess
- get a rise out of
- get around
- get at
- get a thing about
- get away
- get away with
- get a word in edgewise
- get back
- get back at
- get back to
- get behind
- get better
- get busy
- get by
- get cracking
- get credit for
- get down
- get down to brass tacks
- get going
- get goose pimples
- get gray hair from
- get hold of
- get in
- get in a snit
- get in a stew
- get in bad with
- get in on
- get in one's hair
- get in someone's face
- get in the way
- get into
- get into bed with
- get into hot water
- get into one's head
- get into the act
- get into the swing of things
- get into trouble
- get in touch
- get involved
- get in with
- get it
- get it on
- get lost
- get mileage out of
- get nowhere
- get off
- get off on
- get off one's chest
- get off one's tail
- get off on the wrong foot
- get off scot-free
- get off someone's back
- get off the dime
- get off the ground
- get off the hook
- get on
- get one down
- get one's
- get one's
- get one's act together
- get one's bearings
- get one's comeuppance
- get one's ducks in a row
- get one's feet on the ground
- get one's feet wet
- get one's fill
- get one's hands dirty
- get one's hands on
- get one's head examined
- get one's money's worth
- get one's own back
- get one's teeth into
- get one's walking papers
- get one's way
- get one's wires crossed
- get on someone's good side
- get on someone's nerves
- get on the bandwagon
- get on the stick
- get on with it
- get out
- get out from under
- get out of
- get out of one's face
- get out of one's system
- get out of someone's sight
- get out of the way
- get out while the getting is good
- get over
- get physical
- get ready
- get real
- get religion
- get rid of
- get right
- get rolling
- get round
- get set
- get sick
- get someone's back up
- get someone's goat
- get someone's number
- get someone wrong
- get something into one's head
- get something on someone
- get somewhere
- get straight
- get stuffed
- get the advantage of
- get the air
- get the ax
- get the ball rolling
- get the better of
- get the business
- get the can
- get the drift
- get the drop on
- get the feel of
- get the goods on
- get the hang of
- get theirs
- get the jump on
- get the lead out
- get the message
- get the most out of
- get the nod
- get the picture
- get there
- get the runaround
- get the sack
- get the show on the road
- get the upper hand
- get the worst of it
- get through
- get through one's head
- get through to
- get to
- get to first base
- get together
- get to one's feet
- get to the bottom of
- get to the heart of
- get to the point
- get tough with
- get under someone's skin
- get up
- get up one's nerve
- get up on the wrong side of bed
- get up steam
- get used to
- get well
- get what's coming to one
- get wind of
- get wise to
- get with it
- be (get) busted
- come and get it
- dip (get) one's toes into
- early bird catches (gets) the worm
- give as good as one gets
- ground floor, get in on the
- it takes getting used to
- lay (get) one's hands on
- marching orders, get one's
- play hard to get
- squeaky wheel gets the grease
- tell someone where to get off
- when the going gets tough
- you get what you pay for
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
But while Yariv and Nakarin have had plenty of their friends over for dinner, this is no regular get-together.
So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.
And so I knew from the get-go that they would have to add action, which they have.
The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
Ten minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
It was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
But the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
There was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.