Meaning of get to in English

get to

phrasal verb with get verb

/ɡet/ us

/ɡet/

present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten

B2 UK

You ask where people or things have got to when they do not arrive or are not where you expect them to be and you want to know where they are:

I wonder where my glasses have got to.

Where's Annabel got to? She should be here by now.

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Where did you get to last night? I was expecting you.
I don't know where my brother can have got to. He was due an hour ago.
Where can my shoes have got to? I can't find them anywhere.
He always disappears at this time on a Friday, but I don't know where he gets to.
She couldn't think where her keys had got to.

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get to someone

phrasal verb with get verb

/ɡet/ us

/ɡet/

present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten

informal

(SUFFER)

If something gets to you, it makes you suffer:

The heat was beginning to get to me, so I went indoors.

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(UPSET)

If someone gets to you, they make you feel upset or angry:

I know he's annoying, but you shouldn't let him get to you.

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(Definition of get to from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

get to someone | American Dictionary

get to

auxiliary verb

get to auxiliary verb (HAVE CHANCE)

present participle getting | past tense and past participle got us/ɡɑt/ | past participle gotten us/ˈɡɑt·ən/ got

to have an opportunity to do something:

I never get to see her now that she’s moved to California.

I’d like to get to know you better – could we have dinner sometime?

get to auxiliary verb (BEGIN)

to begin to do or be:

You’re getting to be just like your mother.

(Definition of get to from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Translations of get to

in Chinese (Traditional)

（用於人沒有如約到來或找不到某人、某物時）去，跑到, 難受, 對（某人）產生影響…

in Chinese (Simplified)

（用于人没有如约到来或找不到某人、某物时）去，跑到, 难受, 对（某人）产生影响…

in Spanish

molestar a…

in Portuguese

sensibilizar, incomodar…

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in Urdu

एखादी व्यक्ती अपेक्षित ठिकाणी आली नसेल तर ती कुठे आहे हे विचारण्यासाठी हा शब्दप्रयोग होतो., त्रास करून घेणे…

atteindre, toucher…

వ్యక్తులు లేదా వస్తువులు రానప్పుడు లేదా మీరు ఆశించిన చోట లేనప్పుడు ఎక్కడి వరకు వచ్చారో మీరు అడుగుతారు వాళ్లు ఎక్కడ ఉన్నారో తెలుసుకోవాలని మీరు కోరుకుంటారు., ఎవరైనా మీ వద్దకు వస్తే, వారు మిమ్మల్ని కలత చెందుతారు లేదా కోపంగా భావిస్తారు.…

மக்கள் அல்லது விஷயங்கள் அவர்கள் வராதபோது அல்லது அவர்கள் இருக்கும் என்று நீங்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கும் இடத்தில் இல்லாதபோது எங்கு வந்தார்கள் என்று நீங்கள் கேட்கிறீர்கள், அவர்கள் எங்கிருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதை நீங்கள் அறிய விரும்புகிறீர்கள், யாராவது உங்களிடம் வந்தால்…

(किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु के बारे में पूछना कि वह) कहाँ हैं, (किसी पर) हावी होना, दुष्प्रभाव होना…

আরম্ভ করা, কেউ যদি আপনার কাছে আসে, তারা আপনাকে বিরক্ত বা রাগান্বিত করে…

(કોઈ વ્યક્તિ અથવા વસ્તુ ક્યાં છે) પૂછવા માટે, નારાજ થવું, વિવશ થવું…

gå inn på…

کسی کے وقت پر نہ آنے یا کسی چیز کےنہ ملنے پر سوال کرنا, وجۂ اذیت, پریشان کرنے والا…

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