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View definitions for get at

get at

verb as in attain

verb as in mean, intend

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These tools may help them get at many questions surrounding capuchin monkey behavior, including how they decide whether to cooperate or compete with one another while they are interacting in their natural world.

The increasing ease with which Brighton cut through City will have alarmed Guardiola, the statistics backing up the sense that they are much easier to get at this season.

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And there is this religious belief that the tough question is somehow the important way to get at some kind of truth.

From Salon

Our ads are an attempt to really get at Trump's ego and to cause him narcissistic upset and injury.

From Salon

Vance has gone on to say that he was "creating a story" to get at the larger issue.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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