GET AT (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of GET AT (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

get at somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ get )

1 . CRITICIZE to keep criticizing someone in an unkind way:

Why is he always getting at me?

He felt he was being got at by the other students.

2 . be getting at something to be trying to say something in a way that is difficult for other people to understand:

What are you getting at, Helen?

Do you see the point I’m getting at?

3 . REACH to be able to reach something:

We had to move the washing machine out to get at the wiring behind it.

4 . INFORMATION to discover information, especially the truth about a situation:

I was determined to get at the truth.

5 . THREATEN informal to use threats to influence the decision of people who are involved in a court case:

Do you think some of the jury have been got at?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.