Synonyms for get to
get to

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1. get to

   To reach, in the sense here considered, is to come to by motion or progress. Attain is now oftenest used of abstract relations; as, to attain success. When applied to concrete matters, it commonly signifies the overcoming of hindrance and difficulty; as, the storm-beaten ship at length attained the harbor. Come is the general word for moving to or toward the place where the speaker or writer is or supposes himself to be. To reach is to come to from a distance that is actually or relatively considerable; to stretch the journey, so to speak, across the distance, as, in its original meaning, one reaches an object by stretching out the hand. To gain is to reach or attain something eagerly sought; the wearied swimmer reaches or gains the shore. One comes in from his garden; he reaches home from a journey. To arrive is to come to a destination, to reach a point intended or proposed. The European steamer arrives in port, or reaches the harbor; the dismantled wreck drifts ashore, or comes to land. Compare ATTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   arrive, attain, come to, enter, gain, land, reach

   Antonyms:
   depart, embark, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

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1. reach, make, get to, progress toverb

   reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"

   "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, micturate, bring in, construct, draw, stool, cook, have, piddle, hold, piss, constitute, get at, do, reach, earn, make believe, contact, devil, shit, hand, defecate, lay down, annoy, name, pass water, stimulate, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, strive, nark, establish, extend to, rag, realize, make up, get through, accomplish, give, attain, relieve oneself, nettle, pull in, wee, induce, form, pee, make, strain, ca-ca, get, prepare, take in, score, build, vex, turn over, throw, arrive at, bother, pee-pee, gravel, reach out, spend a penny, pass, puddle, irritate, take a crap, clear, hit, produce, nominate, achieve, rile, take a leak, touch, get hold of, cause, urinate, chafe, work, fix, realise, seduce, pass on

2. get toverb

   arrive at the point of

   "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

   Synonyms:
   annoy, devil, nettle, rag, make, gravel, chafe, irritate, rile, reach, nark, vex, get at, bother, progress to

3. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb

   cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

   Synonyms:
   nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplus

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1. Dev Patel:

   It's incredible to watch this film, i never thought I would ever have a film like this where I get to be in period Victorian costume ... It's a wonderful opportunity and I hope it continues to open doors and it sends a message to the rest of the industry to be as bold as Mr Iannucci.

2. David Paris:

   Prices will be going down, but they're not going to get to 2019 levels.

3. Jonathan Weltman:

   The benefits won't only come in a decades time when the data starts to come through, if we can get somebody into science, if we can get somebody to ask how are they going to get to the moon and somehow get them interested in any of the sciences and engineering, that's our job done.

4. Lauren Rose Batchelder:

   I want to get paid the same as a man, and I think you understand that. So if you become president, will a woman make the same as a man and do I get to choose what I do with my body? you're going to make the same if you do as good a job. And I happen to be pro-life. OK? I'm pro-life.

5. Chanique Davis:

   It's not just about the door being really pretty or looking cool, it's about the story that I get to tell about the door. It's about the culture that is attached to the door.