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get at
verbo transitivo con partícula
1acceder a, llegar a (gain access to); alcanzar (reach)
  • to g at the truth -> dar con la verdad
2(imply)
  • what are you getting at? -> ¿qué (es lo que) quieres decir?
3meterse con (familiar) (criticize unfairly) (person), chinchar (español de España)

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get at [guet]
  • To get at the truth -> descubrir, alcanzar la verdad
  • To get at the man -> alcanzar al hombre; también, embestirlo, atacarlo
  • To get a fall -> caer
  • To get a footing -> establecerse
  • To get a wif -> o to get a husband, casarse, tomar estado
ir a, alcanzar; embestir; descubrir, desenmascarar.

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get at
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
1 (gain access to) [+object] alcanzar; [+place] llegar a hasta;or
put the sweets somewhere he can't get at them pon los caramelos en un sitio donde él no pueda alcanzarlos; it was working fine until he got at it funcionaba perfectamente hasta que cayó en sus manos; the dog got at the meat el perro pilló la carne; as soon as he gets at the drink ... en cuanto se pone a beber ...; just let me get at him! ¡deja que le ponga la mano encima!
he had women falling over themselves to get at him
2 (ascertain) [+facts, truth] establecer
3 (Britain) (informal) (criticize) meterse con; (informal)
she's always getting at her brotheralways siempre se está metiendo con su hermano; (informal)
I feel everyone's getting at me
I'm not getting at you, I just think that ...not no te estoy echando la bronca, simplemente creo que ...; (informal)
 (nag) dar la lata a; (informal)
she's always getting at me to have my hair cutalways siempre me está dando la lata para que me corte el pelo; (informal)
4 (informal) (imply) querer decir; (negatively) insinuar
what are you getting at? ¿qué quieres decir con eso?
I couldn't see what he was getting atwhat no entendía qué quería decir
it was ages before realised what he was getting at
5 (influence unduly) (using bribery) sobornar; (using pressure) presionar
he's been got at there's a danger witnesses will be got at
I feel I'm being got at tengo la impresión de que están intentando influenciarme
This isn't Grace. What's got into her? Who's got at her? The Army, according to Haig, felt `a general apathy' about the election; there was `a feeling that we have been got at by the Prime Minister' I just had this feeling that I was being got at

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