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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" [syn: reach, make, get to, progress to]
2: arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"
3: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]

Merriam Webster's

phrasal 1. a. begin <gets to worrying over nothing at all> b. to be ready to begin or deal with <I'll get to the accounts as soon as I can> 2. to have an effect on: as a. influence b. bother

Moby Thesaurus

accomplish, achieve, answer, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, assail the ear, attain, attain to, be heard, be received, begin, blast away, blast off, blow in, bob up, bribe, buy, buy off, caress the ear, carry to, check in, clock in, come, come in, come to, come to hand, commence, communicate with, contact, correspond, corrupt, dive in, establish connection, extend to, fall to, fetch, fetch up at, find, fix, gain, gain a hearing, get across, get at, get in, get there, get through to, go ahead, go to, grease, grease the palm, head into, hit, hit town, interrogate, jump off, kick off, lead to, maintain connection, make, make advances, make an impression, make contact with, make it, make oneself heard, make overtures, make up to, pay off, pitch in, plunge into, pop up, pull in, punch in, purchase, question, raise, reach, reach the ear, reach to, register, relate to, reply to, respond to, ring in, roll in, run to, send off, set about, set in, set out, set sail, set to, show up, sign in, start, start in, start off, start out, stretch away to, stretch to, suborn, take care of, take off, tamper with, tickle the palm, time in, turn to, turn up