How to Use get after in a Sentence
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Look at the history of this country and find a pick and shovel that fits your hands and get after it.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
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As an outside linebacker, Diaby gets paid to get after people.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
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In the meantime, all three quarterbacks will be working hard to build chemistry with their teammates and get after it as training camp begins across the league this week.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
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The front four can get after the quarterback and defensive coordinator Vance Joseph is among the best.
—Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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Challenging down and distances, like a third-and-7, is when opposing defenses can bring extra rushers to get after the quarterback.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
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His ability to clog the middle and stuff runs grants the rest of the defensive line the opportunity to get after the quarterback when foes are forced into passing situations.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 23 July 2026
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Gentle muscle-pumping movements encourage lymph flow and may ease the heavy or tight feeling many people get after long periods of inactivity or hormonal shifts.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
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The Bucs highlights in the first half belonged to the defense, which got after Chiefs quarterbacks Justin Fields and Garrett Nussmeier.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
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Remember how giddy everyone of an English persuasion got after that 4-2 victory?
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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And Reid, the fourth-winningest coach in NFL history, was burning to get after it to a degree that belies his understated public persona.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
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In fact, until the end, the fans treated it like a typical late-season Sun game from years past, when the franchise was a perennial playoff contender, cheering, chanting, getting after the refs at all the right moments.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
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There’s been a boom-or-bust nature to TCU’s success getting after the quarterback with it often feeling like either the quarterback will be brought down for a sack or having plenty of time to throw.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
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If Burrow can stay healthy and give the Bengals some early leads, Dexter Lawrence and the rest of that defensive front will have their opportunities to get after opposing QBs.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
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Guests who get after it on Vail’s ski slopes and hiking and biking trails can book a CBD massage or pop into the self-care lounge and soothe sore muscles with Hyperice massage guns and Normatec leg compression sleeves.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
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