Get At Somebody/something - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 get at somebody/something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget at somebody/something phrasal verb1 CRITICIZEcriticize to keep criticizing someone in an unkind way  Why is he always getting at me?  He felt he was being got at by the other students.2 be getting at somethingCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND to be trying to say something in a way that is difficult for other people to understand  What are you getting at, Helen?  Do you see the point I’m getting at?3 REACHreach to be able to reach something  We had to move the washing machine out to get at the wiring behind it. 4 FIND OUTinformation to discover information, especially the truth about a situation  I was determined to get at the truth.5 threaten informalTHREATEN to use threats to influence the decision of people who are involved in a court case  Do you think some of the jury have been got at? → get→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusget at • I never felt deprived, if that's what Winifred Shalcross is getting at.• I was trying to get at least enough money for the precinct work.• They use him to get at me.• It is much more difficult to get at property profits than at share profits - everyone has to live somewhere.• The squirrel did not chew bark to get at sap or something else.• Another way of getting at the question of disciplinary spaces is to ask about the boundaries of the discipline.• Even worse, some think public relations stands in the way of getting at the real facts.• They tore the fence down to get at us.be getting at something• But I knew what they were getting at...• I never felt deprived, if that's what Winifred Shalcross is getting at.• Let me try to explain what I am getting at.• She wondered what on earth he could be getting at.• Try to identify the heart of the matter the question is getting at.• Half the time it wasn't Clemence she was getting at - it was me.• Propaganda could be effective - this was what Eliot was getting at - only by ceasing to be mere propaganda.• I am sure he is the toad behind the unprecedented negative media coverage we are getting at the moment. Exercises Exercises

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	get
he, she, it	gets
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	got
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have got
he, she, it	has got
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had got
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will get
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have got
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am getting
he, she, it	is getting
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you, we, they	are getting
Past
I, he, she, it	was getting
you, we, they	were getting
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been getting
he, she, it	has been getting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been getting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be getting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been getting
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