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To have determined or dictated
Past tense for to acquire or gain possession of (something)
“In her view, one way to get at success is to define it in terms of what the patient wants from treatment and what the therapist wants.”
Past tense for to reach or gain access to something
“It was possible to actually reach in and get at the components of your engine.”
Past tense for to intent to mean, sometimes indirectly
“What exactly were you trying to get at when you scratched your nose and winked?”
Past tense for to irritate or annoy someone
“If somebody were to insult me and call me crazy, I feel like that would really get at me.”
(British, informal) Past tense for to harass or torment someone, typically subtly and repeatedly
“Keane has improved his aggression in the past few seasons, and I think that is one thing critics can not get at him for.”
(British, informal) Past tense for to bribe or unfairly influence someone
“It occurs to me that any of those seven judges could have been got at.”
Past tense for to disturb mentally or emotionally
Past tense for to imply but stop short of saying explicitly
Past tense for to be impossible to understand
Past tense for to search for something, typically information
Past tense for to criticize or express contempt for
Past tense for to discover information by means of an assiduous search or investigation
Past tense for to insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way
Past tense for to physically attack violently
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