getting to know
idiom
: becoming acquainted with
We just bought a house here last month, and we're still getting to know our neighbors.
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Anyone can start by sitting down, alone or with a partner, and getting to know their current financial situation.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The sight of a sad-looking neighbor walking his ailing dog every morning teaches her that imagining someone’s life isn’t the same thing as getting to know the person.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Instead, the Ex Machina actor said that viewers would soon be getting to know the journalists that make up The Truth Teller's newsroom.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Maintaining some air of in-person wonder is absolutely vital to getting to know another person for real.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 May 2025
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The sight of a sad-looking neighbor walking his ailing dog every morning teaches her that imagining someone’s life isn’t the same thing as getting to know the person.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Instead, the Ex Machina actor said that viewers would soon be getting to know the journalists that make up The Truth Teller's newsroom.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Maintaining some air of in-person wonder is absolutely vital to getting to know another person for real.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for getting to know
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“Getting to know.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/getting%20to%20know. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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