get to

VERB
  1. arrive at the point of
    She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long
  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. reach a goal
    make the first team
    She may not make the grade
    We made it!
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How To Use get to In A Sentence

  • I'’m bored" is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say "I’m bored.". Louis C.K. 
  • I had to struggle through the crush to get to the door.
  • Ditch your mascara, use your fingers rather than a brush and don't forget to smudge your lipstick. Times, Sunday Times
  • I overheard two fifteen year old girls behind me at the ATM planning to get together tomorrow night and eat ice cream and comfort each other when they didn't get any valentines.
  • You can stoke his silicon chest and pinch his squeezable bum - it may be the closest you ever get to doing it.
  • Generally speaking, I tend not to get too bent out of shape by occasional rhetorical howlers.
  • Officers used a digger to carve out a trench 10ft deep and 40ft long to get to the van. The Sun
  • If it's wind or bloating, you get too much. The Sun
  • The world may get to have a reformed international financial system but the dollar will still be at its core. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hurry up and get to the point!
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