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Synonyms of get at in English:

get at


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See Spanish definition of establecer

phrase

1‘it's difficult to get at the timbers once you have insulated’

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access, gain access to, get to, reach, touch

2‘he had been got at by government officials’

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corrupt, suborn, influence, bribe, buy off, pay off
informal give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, grease someone's palm, fix, square
British informal nobble

3‘what are you getting at?’

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imply, suggest, intimate, insinuate, hint, mean, intend, lead up to, drive at, allude to

4‘I don't like being got at’

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criticize, pick on, find fault with, carp at, nag
bully, victimize, attack, tyrannize, torment, persecute, punish repeatedly and unfairly, discriminate against
informal have it in for, have a down on, be down on
British informal be on at