get at

Example Sentences

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“I’m going to wait and see what I’ve got at the end of the week,” I told them.

From Literature

In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t go anywhere really where they can get at me,” she told Norton.

From Salon

On this evidence, even moreso against these opponents, this flawed City showed they can be got at and undermined in a manner that does not give confidence they will overhaul Arsenal.

From BBC

The position of German forces, how many planes they’ve got at different airfields, targets they plan to hit, that sort of thing.

From Literature