Usually means: Aim to reach or understand.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word get at:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. get at: Merriam-Webster
  2. get at: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get at: Collins English Dictionary
  4. get at: Vocabulary.com
  5. get at: Wiktionary
  6. get at: Dictionary.com
  7. get at: Rhymezone
  8. get at: FreeDictionary.org
  9. get at: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. get at: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. get at: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get at: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get at: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. get at: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. get at: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (get at)

▸ verb:  To manage to gain access to.
▸ verb:  To understand or ascertain by investigation.
▸ verb:  To mean, signify, imply.
▸ verb:  To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother.
▸ verb:  To persuade by intimidation; to tamper with; to corrupt.
▸ verb:  To begin working on or dealing with.
▸ verb:  (slang, US) To contact someone.
▸ verb:  (slang, UK) To tease (someone).

Similar:
get to, access, irritate, bother, rile, annoy, vex, nark, rag, gravel, more...

Opposite:
miss, fail to reach, be unable to obtain, fall short of

Phrases:
get at able, get back at, un get at able, to get at, to get better at something, more...

Adjectives:
onz, walk-in, onboard, even, coming, go, nait, be, set, lead, apply

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Similar:
get to, access, irritate, bother, rile, annoy, vex, nark, rag, gravel, more...

Opposite:
miss, fail to reach, be unable to obtain, fall short of

Phrases:
get at able, get back at, un get at able, to get at, to get better at something, to get better at, get better at something, get a better look at, get mad at, get better at, to get back at someone, more...

Adjectives:
onz, walk-in, onboard, even, coming, go, nait, be, set, lead, apply



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