get to

verb

got to; gotten to; getting to; gets to
Synonyms of get tonext

transitive verb

1
a
: begin
gets to worrying over nothing at all
b
: to be ready to begin or deal with
I'll get to the accounts as soon as I can
2
: to have an effect on: such as
a
: influence
b
: bother
All these delays are starting to get to me.

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Then an invite extended to her dance teacher, Tori, turns into a night of exploring the city and getting to know each other. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Hence, Lister sees a Liverpudlian woman, Rimmer encounters a fussy hologram, and the narcissistic Cat gets to date, well, himself. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Eventually, Bird’s film — with a script co-written by Matthew Robbins — gets to the meat of the action when Venus’ extremely complicated life runs smack into Ray and his knack for sniffing out bad guys. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026 There are all sorts of sides to Venus, a lot of shady characters complicating things, and in pure Bogie-Bacall fashion Ray gets to sort them all out while dealing with this colorful group. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get to

Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of get to was in 1655

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