get at

VERB
  1. reach or gain access to
    I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof
    How does one access the attic in this house?
  2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  3. influence by corruption
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How To Use get at In A Sentence

  • I personally try and keep it simple with a Grande, skim, triple, bone-dry cappuccino, which is Starbuck's English for the kind of cappuccino you'd get at the Rome airport. Mark Strausman: A Chef's-Eye View of Starbucks
  • Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
  • In other words, women often get attached before their cognitive machinery is up and running at full throttle.
  • March 1st, 2009 at 1: 56 pm excellent point Renner. the accessibility is something I was trying to get at earlier. Clusterbook #1 | clusterflock
  • Then I tried to get at him in many ways; but he was pretty sly and had always two prize-fighters, besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him. The Sign of Four
  • A collimator is a simple device that uses a reflective surface and lenses to replicate a target at infinity. Undefined
  • But what they don't understand is that there is another equally important factor or set of factors at the micro level which are so very difficult for anybody to get at.
  • A dog snarled at us viciously but he was caged and couldn't get at us.
  • Since they are wearing bug repellent they only have a very small few spots on their body that is left undefended and ripe for the picking, and these sweet spots can sometimes be pretty hard to get at.
  • There are all kinds of fine arguments (and conspiracies) available these days on anything (courtesy of muck-raking bloggers, not the kind of quality you get at THNTS) and it always comes down to the same thing: do what's right for you. H1N1
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