get to sb
(SUFFER) informal — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› If something gets to you, it makes you suffer: The heat was beginning to get to me, so I went indoors.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive
(Definition of get to sb (SUFFER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get through sth phrasal verb (EXAM)
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get through sth phrasal verb (FINISH)
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get through sth phrasal verb (USE UP)
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get to first base idiom
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get to phrasal verb
- get to sb phrasal verb (SUFFER)
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get to sb phrasal verb (UPSET)
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get to the bottom of sth idiom
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get to/reach first base idiom
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get together phrasal verb (MEET)
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get together phrasal verb (START)
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- ill-treat verb
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- prey on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
- tyrannize verb
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