GET TO
Dictionary entry overview: What does get to mean?
• GET TO (verb)
The verb GET TO has 3 senses:
1. reach a goal, e.g.,
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)
Meaning:
Reach a goal, e.g.,
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get to; progress to; reach; make
Context examples:
make the first team / We made it! / 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
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
Meaning:
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
vex; rile; nark; irritate; gravel; annoy; devil; bother; nettle; rag; get to; chafe; get at
Context examples:
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me / It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Hypernyms (to "get to" is one way to...):
displease (give displeasure to)
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
