GET TO

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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