get to
verb
got to; gotten to; getting to; gets to
1
a
: begin
gets to worrying over nothing at all
b
: to be ready to begin or deal with
I'll get to the accounts as soon as I can
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Even with Portland’s 3-1 deficit against San Antonio, merely getting to the postseason was widely seen as a success for this group. —
Sam Amick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 If your friend is lonely or struggling to establish her identity without her sister living in the house, time with friends and time intentionally getting to know herself will be more productive. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Only ticketholders were allowed to pass through magnetometers to get to that point. —Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 D’Avanzo came with her daughters Aleeya and Gizelle who got to see the crowd go wild when mom was crowned, winning a cash prize of $200,000. —Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026 According to his sister La Toya Jackson in her 2011 book Starting Over, the ranch served to recapture the typical childhood that the singer never got to live out. —Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 And this is clearly to get to a lasting peace. —NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026 Bike riding is also a great way to get to and from school, when children are ready. —Dr. Phyllis Agran, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026 Durant got to celebrate his selection around friends and family at a spot in Kissimmee. —Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
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Sam Amick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 If your friend is lonely or struggling to establish her identity without her sister living in the house, time with friends and time intentionally getting to know herself will be more productive. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Only ticketholders were allowed to pass through magnetometers to get to that point. —Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 D’Avanzo came with her daughters Aleeya and Gizelle who got to see the crowd go wild when mom was crowned, winning a cash prize of $200,000. —Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026 According to his sister La Toya Jackson in her 2011 book Starting Over, the ranch served to recapture the typical childhood that the singer never got to live out. —Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 And this is clearly to get to a lasting peace. —NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026 Bike riding is also a great way to get to and from school, when children are ready. —Dr. Phyllis Agran, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026 Durant got to celebrate his selection around friends and family at a spot in Kissimmee. —Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
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