get to

verb

got to; gotten to; getting to; gets to

transitive verb

1

a

: begin

gets to worrying over nothing at all

b

: to be ready to begin or deal with

I'll get to the accounts as soon as I can

2

: to have an effect on: such as

a

: influence

b

: bother

All these delays are starting to get to me.

Examples of get to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alvarez managed to nab a foul pop-up behind the plate for the first out, but a fly ball to center field scored another run, and Abrams managed to get to third. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026

Martha and her mother Maria Alberto Gonzalez and his wife, Catalina Gonzalez, remember taking two buses and a train from their home on the North Side to get to the restaurant in the late 1960s. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Miss Benny, her costar, also got to know Firstman after bullying him. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

When choosing who gets to be in his capstone class, O’Connell looks at students’ attendance and disciplinary records. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for get to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou