get after
Example Sentences
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Moderna needs all the help it can get after a brutal few years.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
"To continue to keep CNN strong in the future," the executive argued, "we better get after our audiences where they currently are."
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
The amount of time off and pay new parents can get after the birth of a child will be looked at in a "landmark" review, the government says.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
“We understand that things happen, and you’ve got to be able to respond. So yesterday, we didn’t come out and get after it. … Today, they came out with a little more purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
She washed dishes and tried to scrub the bathtub, but I still had to get after her to hang up her school clothes instead of throwing them on the floor.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.