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单词 get to
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to get to
to get to
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To begin eating. Cf. to get to —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > begin to eat
to fall aboard1498
to fall to1577
to stand toa1616
win to1816
to get to1827
to dig in1912
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 57 The traveller's appetite was gone. The host endeavoured to encourage him. ‘Why do you not get to? Come, take somewhat for the raw foggy morning.’
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to get to ——
1. intransitive. To begin, settle down to. See also sense 26b(c). Cf. to get to at Phrasal verbs 1.to get to business: see business n. Phrases 13. to get to work: see work n. Phrases 1f(b).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)]
beginc1000
take?a1160
comsea1225
gina1325
commencec1330
tamec1386
to take upa1400
enterc1510
to stand to1567
incept1569
start1570
to set into ——1591
initiate1604
imprime1637
to get to ——1655
flesh1695
to start on ——1885
1655 T. Gouge Narr. Life Dr. Gouge in W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes sig. c2 If he heard any at their work before he had got to his study, he would say,..that he was much troubled that any should be at their Calling before he at his.
1683 Fifteen Real Comforts of Matrimony xvi. 114 A man may conclude his wife safe, when she is once got to her Cards.
1787 J. Woodforde Diary 28 Aug. (1926) II. 342 We got to Cards the Game Vingt' one or one and twenty at which I lost abt. 1. o. o.
1855 L. Oliphant Minnesota & Far West 163 We had no intention of ‘getting to housekeeping’ in Superior.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. Introd. 2 Tom was..beginning to feel that it was high time for him to be getting to regular work again.
1889 F. C. Philips Young Ainslie's Courtship II. v. 52 You and I will get to business with due solemnity.
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xiv. 228 With his first cigar Blenkiron got to business.
1976 E. Hamner Homecoming i. 12 There's work to do. Now get to it!
1996 C. Robb King's Bishop v. 57 Now get to your chores. I cannot abide slothfulness.
2. intransitive. Chiefly North American. To reach the attention or feelings of (an audience, etc.) with a message, performance, etc. Cf. to get across 2b at Phrasal verbs 1.
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society > communication > [verb (transitive)] > communicate with
to get to ——1853
to get on to ——1879
reach1886
to get through1917
contact1927
1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 63 The squire..was particularly pleased when he got to a jury on ‘a plain note’, and particularly annoyed when the road was blocked up by pleas in abatement and demurrers or special pleas in bar.
1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 23 Get to her, if in no other way, by the sentimental route.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 28/6 They didn't even realize that they were hearing a great man in Teagarden..even though we always got to them by the end of the evening.
1985 T. Gibbs in I. Gitler Swing to Bop vii. 237 See, Stan got to the audience more, and Stan was a giant player, even though Al actually, musically, could play rings around everybody at the right tempo.
1999 A. M. Sayers Parties, Candidates & Constituency Campaigns in Canad. Elections vii. 113 Getting to voters in these communities can be difficult and requires large teams of volunteers willing to canvass and drop literature.
3. intransitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). To bribe.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe
meedOE
underorna1325
corrump1387
forbuy1393
hirec1400
wage1461
fee1487
under-arearc1503
bribe1528
grease1528
money1528
corrupt1548
budc1565
to feed with money1567
to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580
sweeten1594
to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598
over-bribe1619
to buy off1629
palter1641
to take off1646
buy1652
overmoneya1661
bub1684
to speak to ——1687
to tickle in the palm1694
daub1699
overbuy1710
touch1752
palm1767
to get at ——1780
fix1790
subsidize1793
sop1837
to buy over1848
backsheesh1850
nobble1856
square1859
hippodrome1866
see1867
boodleize1883
boodle1886
to get to ——1901
reach1906
straighten1923
lubricate1928
to keep (someone) sweet1939
sling1939
to pay off1942
bung1950
1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 8/2 Johns are sure to visit the old girl to see if anyone has got to her.
1908 H. C. Fisher A. Mutt (1977) 41 The jury has been out for 24 hours..Tobasco got to one of them.
1930 E. D. Sullivan Chicago Surrenders i. 10 Gangsters can't operate on a satisfactory scale anywhere until they have ‘got to someone’.
2001 K. Sampson Outlaws 170 He's like an Untouchable. He's like De Niro in A Bronx Tale, you can't get to him, he won't take nothing from you.
4. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To have an overpowering negative effect upon the spirits or outlook of (a person); to worry, depress, or obsess.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)]
heavyc897
pineeOE
aileOE
sorryeOE
traya1000
sorrowOE
to work (also do) (a person) woeOE
angerc1175
smarta1200
to work, bake, brew balec1200
derve?c1225
grieve?c1225
sitc1225
sweam?c1225
gnawc1230
sughc1230
troublec1230
aggrievea1325
to think sweama1325
unframea1325
anguish1340
teen1340
sowa1352
distrainc1374
to-troublea1382
strain1382
unglad1390
afflicta1393
paina1393
distressa1400
hita1400
sorea1400
assayc1400
remordc1400
temptc1400
to sit (or set) one sorec1420
overthrow?a1425
visit1424
labour1437
passionc1470
arraya1500
constraina1500
misgrievea1500
attempt1525
exagitate1532
to wring to the worse1542
toil1549
lament1580
adolorate1598
rankle1659
try1702
to pass over ——1790
upset1805
to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823
to put (a person) through it1855
bludgeon1888
to get to ——1904
to put through the hoop(s)1919
1904 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 10 May 12 The talented gent..fears that the culture of the Bean Town might get to him.
1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice (1985) 108 He kind of got to you, hey?
1968 New Yorker 28 Dec. 42/2 You can't excuse yourself that way, any more than you can let drunks and such get to you.
1982 V. N. McIntyre Wrath of Khan iv. 84 Del's flakiness got to her worst when she was exhausted.
2009 E. Thom Tin-kin 83 You could always tell when something was getting to her because she'd have to start pulling her split-ends, chewing her cuticles, biting the inside of her mouth.
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