get at
get
gɛt
get
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āt
/ɡˈɛt at/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get at"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause irritation or annoyance to someone
Transitive: to get at sb
to get at definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His habit of tapping his pen on the desk during meetings gets at everyone in the room.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇

to reach an understanding of something through questioning, investigation, or analysis
Transitive: to get at sth
to get at definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's always so secretive; it 's hard to get at her true feelings.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ; āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to be able to have access to or reach something
Transitive: to get at sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't seem to get at the back of the cupboard; it's too cluttered.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϞāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž; āĻāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ—ā§‹āĻ›āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
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āϘ⧁āώ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to try to bribe or corrupt someone in power
Transitive: to get at someone in power
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Corrupt officials often get at law enforcement agencies to avoid prosecution.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āώ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to contact or reach someone, especially when this is difficult or requires some effort
Transitive: to get at sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's in a remote area, and it 's hard to get at her through conventional means of communication.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to criticize or attack someone, usually in a subtle or indirect manner
Transitive: to get at someone's shortcoming or mistake
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The critics did n't hesitate to get at the flaws in the movie.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ