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get at sth

Phrasal Verb with get
 
 
/get/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got, US gotten)

Definition

to be able to reach or get something
(Definition of get at sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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