get at

get at
verb
1. reach or gain access to (Freq. 1)
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How does one access the attic in this house?

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I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof

• Syn: ↑access
• Derivationally related forms: ↑accessible (for: ↑access), ↑accession (for: ↑access), ↑access (for: ↑access)
• Hypernyms: ↑reach, ↑make, ↑attain, ↑hit, ↑arrive at, ↑gain
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. influence by corruption
• Hypernyms: ↑influence, ↑act upon, ↑work
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

3. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
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Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me

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

• Syn:
↑annoy, ↑rag, ↑get to, ↑bother, ↑irritate, ↑rile, ↑nark, ↑nettle, ↑gravel, ↑vex, ↑chafe, ↑devil
• Derivationally related forms:
↑devilment (for: ↑devil), ↑deviltry (for: ↑devil), ↑devilry (for: ↑devil), ↑vexation (for: ↑vex), ↑vexer (for: ↑vex), ↑irritation (for: ↑irritate), ↑irritant (for: ↑irritate), ↑botheration (for: ↑bother), ↑bother (for: ↑bother), ↑annoyer (for: ↑annoy), ↑annoyance (for: ↑annoy)
• Hypernyms: ↑displease
• Hyponyms:
↑get, ↑get under one's skin, ↑eat into, ↑fret, ↑rankle, ↑grate, ↑peeve, ↑ruffle, ↑harass, ↑hassle, ↑harry, ↑chivy, ↑chivvy, ↑chevy, ↑chevvy, ↑beset, ↑plague, ↑molest, ↑provoke, ↑antagonize, ↑antagonise
• Verb Group: ↑chafe
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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1) reach or gain access to (something)

it's difficult to get at the screws

■ bribe or unfairly influence (someone)

he had been got at by government officials

2) informal imply (something)

I can see what you're getting at

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get at [phrasal verb]
1 get at (something or someone) : to reach (something or someone)

The valve is hard to get at unless you have a special tool.

An angry mob tried to get at him but the police protected him.

2 get at (something) : to find out (information that is hidden or hard to know)

How can we ever get at the truth?

3 get at (something) : to say or suggest (something) in an indirect way
— usually used as getting at

Just what are you getting at? [=what are you suggesting?]

4 get at (someone) Brit : to criticize (someone) repeatedly

He says his teachers are always getting at [=(US) getting on] him unfairly.

He's always being got at by his teachers.

5 get at it US, informal : to start doing something

You have a lot of work to do so you'd better get at it. [=get to it]

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Main Entry: ↑get

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