GET TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does get to mean? 

• GET TO (verb)
  The verb GET TO has 3 senses:

1. reach a goal

2. arrive at the point of

3. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

  Familiarity information: GET TO used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

get to; make; progress to; reach

Context example:

She may not make the grade

Hypernyms (to "get to" is one way to...):

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrive at the point of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long

Hypernyms (to "get to" is one way to...):

begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s INFINITIVE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex

Context example:

It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

Hypernyms (to "get to" is one way to...):

displease (give displeasure to)

Verb group:

chafe (feel extreme irritation or anger)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get to"):

get; get under one's skin (irritate)

eat into; fret; grate; rankle (gnaw into; make resentful or angry)

peeve (cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful)

ruffle (trouble or vex)

fret (cause annoyance in)

beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke (annoy continually or chronically)

antagonise; antagonize (provoke the hostility of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to get to Sue

 Context examples 

Once you get to December 16, 2020, Saturn will move into Aquarius, to stay until March 7, 2023.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This worried Dorothy a little, but she knew that only the Great Oz could help her get to Kansas again, so she bravely resolved not to turn back.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“Let us get to the open window. We will nab him as he climbs out,” Lestrade whispered.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But how to get to him in safety?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We shall be with you within an hour of receiving it, and we shall then very soon get to the bottom of the business.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When they get to our age, I dare say they will not think about officers any more than we do.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We give you ten minutes to get to your stations.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Dick, was it? Then Dick can get to prayers,” said Silver.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But how did you get to work again?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We sit behind the best cattle in England, but I fear lest we find the roads blocked before we get to Crawley.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)