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get to en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
    • I’ll call you when I get to the railway station.
    • We will get to Toledo very soon.
    • Will you please stop waffling and get to the point!
    • Eventually we got to talking about my pay rise.
    • Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  2. (of someone or something that is or has been missing) To go to or be located at (a particular place).
    • Where has Jane got to? She was here just a moment ago.
    • So that's where my keys got to! I've been looking all over for them.
  3. (informal, transitive) To be allowed to.
    • The winner of a confrontation gets to mate 1999, Saul Stahl, American Mathematical Society, A Gentle Introduction to Game Theory, page 144:
    • Tolzmann argues that it is not necessarily the most perceived 'global' city that actually gets to host the Games. 2016, David Hassan, Shakya Mitra, editors, The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges:
    • You won't get to have any dessert until you finish your vegetables.
  4. (transitive) To affect adversely; to upset or annoy.
    • This job’s really getting to me. I don’t know how much longer I’ll last.
  5. (transitive) To attack, intimidate or kill; to corrupt or bribe.
    • He’s refusing to testify. I think the Mob got to him.
  6. (transitive) To begin (something); to get around to doing (something).
    • He got to his chores in the afternoon.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gets to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
got to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got to Tense=Past lexicographic
gotten to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
getting to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

get at · gotta

Translations (14)

es no (to be allowed to) · pl móc (to be allowed to) · ru раздража́ть (to upset or annoy) · es tener el fuero de (to be allowed to) · ru достава́ть (to upset or annoy) · es tener el lujo de (to be allowed to) · de zu schaffen machen (to upset or annoy) · es tener la oportunidad de (to be allowed to) · pl pójść w pięty (to upset or annoy) · es tener la prerrogativa a (to be allowed to) · es molestar (to upset or annoy) · pt aborrecer (to upset or annoy) · es tener el derecho a (to be allowed to) · es sentar mal (to upset or annoy)