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. Dr. Martin Luther King:

   I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.

2. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

3. Bob Reish:

   Stop worrying about what can go wrong, and get excited about what can go right. Always remember that our future is filled with exciting possibilities that we get to take part in. We will rise to our expectations, expect that great things will happen. As ships go out to sea, they don't look for the storms, they look forward to the catch.

4. Lewis County:

   In 85% of Washington, we still have rural communities, we still have community-based police. We still have all of these great things. But the trend is let’s follow what Seattle is doing, because they said, ‘Well, we don’t arrest people who are doing drugs in front of cops.’ Well to me, you do that in Lewis County, you get to go to jail, and you know what you get at jail? You get to see mental health. You get to see counselors. And you get a pathway to getting transitional housing.

5. Zipporah Collins:

   Thank you. I enforce Mario to continue to do his work, when he is sleeping, get up do your work. When he watching Netflix, get up do your work. Try to get to school on time. Get off the phone. Get off FaceTime. Yeah. Just keep redirecting.