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Verb: get to
  1. Reach a goal
    - reach, make, progress to
     
  2. Arrive at the point of
    "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"
     
  3. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really gets to me";
    - annoy, rag, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]

Derived forms: getting to, gets to, got to

Type of: accomplish, achieve, attain, begin, commence, displease, get, get down, reach, set about, set out, start, start out