it's difficult to get at the pipes : ACCESS, get to, reach, touch.
he had been got at by enemy agents : CORRUPT, suborn, influence, bribe, buy off, pay off; informal fix, square; Brit. informal nobble.
(informal) what are you getting at? : IMPLY, suggest, intimate, insinuate, hint, mean, drive at, allude to.
(Brit. informal) I don't like being got at : CRITICIZE, pick on, find fault with, nag; BULLY, victimize, persecute, discriminate against.
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