GOT THERE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got there

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past tense of get there

as in succeeded

to reach a desired level of accomplishment She reamed of being a famous actress and would stop at nothing to get there.

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Recent Examples of got there Giving Fincher a chance to dabble in TV and animation are other areas that a place like Apple or Amazon may have been willing to throw a lot of money at, but Netflix got there first. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026 Milinkovitch got there from the tuft on Gonzo’s head, Holtz from the shape of his hands. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 When the victim got there, prosecutors say she was met by two men. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Every rail that reached mass adoption got there by adding protection, not by stripping it away. — Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Devers got there even though nobody else in the Giants’ opening day lineup got there with him. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Apple got there by redesigning the chip to place the core logic silicon side-by-side with the memory chips. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 By the time police got there, Ortegon-Couoh appeared to have been run over by a train, investigators said in court records. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Before Hochul even got there this week, an even more establishment figure in the party staked out stronger turf on data centers. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

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Henriquez replaced Sasaki and got ahead of Drake Baldwin, 1-and-2.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
The Seattle right-hander got ahead in the count 1-2, but Happ kept his hands tucked on a down-and-in splitter to blast it off the right-field foul pole for his 22nd home run of the season.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of got ahead

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Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Another Spanish-language filmmaker, Chile’s Pablo Larraín, has arguably already made the grade.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of made the grade

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Raiders field goal kicker Matt Gay had just made good on a 41-yard attempt on the first drive of the second half, extending Las Vegas’ lead to six points.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Freedom made good on his promise of legal action just weeks later.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of made good

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