get at

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get at
pay off
Verb
  • Walking away now would be like paying off your mortgage and then handing over your house keys.
    Josh McBroom, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • More and more people who are filing for bankruptcy have retail credit card debt, and those bills are getting harder to pay off with record-high interest rates.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge,Hugh Son, CNBC, 19 June 2025
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“Get at.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20at. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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