get places

Example Sentences

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She relied heavily on guidebooks to get places, and when she needed help, she had to ask someone around her—an inconvenience my generation has never known.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2023

Cobb knew there weren’t enough doctors and nurses to deploy to every emergency medical call, Sayre said, but firefighters were already well dispersed throughout the city and could get places quickly.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

We have everyday routines for what we wear, what we eat and how to get places.

From Scientific American • Aug. 8, 2022

But as riders waited for their trains on Wednesday, they disputed his assessment, saying that train service had become frustratingly unreliable and that they have had to shuffle their schedules to get places on time.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Yes, maybe we’d like to be able to get places quickly, and carry things in both hands, but only because we have to keep up with the rest of you, or get The Verse.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver