get after

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Added outgoing right guard Henry Bainivalu, of the fifth-year junior: “I know his mentality. He’s a physical guy. He wants to get after anybody. He won’t be denied, and I think that’s one of the best attitudes you can have as an O-lineman, definitely.”

From Seattle Times

I really believe in the power of narrative, the power of bearing witness, but I think for this book, and the question that I was trying to get after, I wanted to move the camera aperture.

From Los Angeles Times

“I just told my team just keep fighting,” Scott said “You get down, you don’t want to get down on yourselves. At that time, it’s battle time, time to lock in. Do some of the things that you probably weren’t doing before… just get after it.”

From Washington Times

Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, who runs the study., said its main purpose is to define the myriad complications that children might get after COVID-19 and how common those complications are.

From Seattle Times

“The international draft has been a bargaining objective of the clubs for multiple rounds. We think a draft is the only way to really get at signings, particularly in the Dominican Republic, for years. And we want to get after those problems,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Washington Post on Thursday.

From Washington Post