get at

Example Sentences

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"It's something I really missed when I was in France, that community sense that I always got at home."

From BBC

This was a big mistake, because “refreshments” is one long word that all the Herdmans understand, and right away you knew that they’d figure some way to get at them.

From Literature

A big get at the time was putting highly scented Yankee Candles on shelves for the first time in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The more the robot watches humans conversing, the better it will get at imitating the nuanced facial gestures we can emotionally connect with."

From Science Daily

She added that her children's toys had to be dumped "because the rats got at them".

From BBC