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Verb: get at
  1. Reach or gain access to
    - access
     
  2. Influence by corruption
     
  3. [informal] Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    - annoy, rag, get to, bother, irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]
     
  4. [Brit, informal] Indirectly or subtly criticize, esp. repeatedly or with dislike

Derived forms: got at, gets at, getting at

Type of: act upon, arrive at, attain, displease, gain, hit, influence, make, reach, work

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get a move on
get a noseful
get a whiff
get about
get across
get ahead
get along
get along with
get around
get around to
get at
get away
get back
get behind
get by
get cracking
get down
get down to brass tacks
get dressed
get even
get going