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Get at

To manage to gain access to.

📖 Definitions of "Get at"

verb
  1. 1

    To manage to gain access to.

    "I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can't get at it."

  2. 2

    To understand or ascertain by investigation.

    "We need to get at the root cause of all this."

  3. 3

    To mean, signify.

    "I don't understand. What are you getting at?"

  4. 4

    To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother.

    "He's a bit disheartened. The newspapers have been getting at him again."

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