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get there

get there verb: to arrive at a destination.

Verb

get there (third-person singular simple present gets there, present participle getting there, simple past got there, past participle (UK) got there or (US) gotten there)

  1. To arrive at a destination.
    • What time are we going to get there?
    • (I’ve been there, I know the way) [You] can’t get there from here1985, “Can’t Get There From Here”, in Fables of the Reconstruction, performed by R.E.M.
  2. (idiomatic) To succeed after a lengthy attempt.
    • He's having trouble completing the sudoku puzzle, but he'll get there eventually.

Forms of get there

third-person singular presentgets there
present participlegetting there
pastgot there
past participle UKgot there
past participle USgotten there

Words formed from get there

Questions about get there

What does get there mean?
Get there means to arrive at a destination.
What part of speech is get there?
Get there is a verb.
What is the past tense of get there?
The past tense of get there is got there.

Words near get there in the dictionary

  1. get the wind up
  2. get the word out
  3. get the worst of it
  4. get the wrong idea
  5. get thee behind me
  6. get there
  7. get this
  8. get through
  9. get through one's head
  10. get through one's thick skull
  11. get to

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