get to

get to
transitive verb
1) (reach) kommen zu [Gebäude]; erreichen [Person, Ort]

he is getting to the age when ... — er wird bald das Alter erreicht haben, wo ...

I haven't got to the end [of the novel] yet — ich habe [den Roman] noch nicht zu Ende gelesen

where has the child/the book got to? — wo ist das Kind hin/das Buch hingekommen?

2) (begin)

get to doing something — anfangen, etwas zu tun

3)

get to somebody — (coll.): (annoy) jemandem auf die Nerven gehen (ugs.)

* * *
◆ get to
I. vi
1. (be)
where have my glasses got to? wo ist meine Brille [geblieben]?
2. (fam: affect)
▪ to \get to to sb jdn in Mitleidenschaft ziehen
3. (reach)
▪ to \get to to sth etw erreichen
it had got to the third day when ... es war bereits der dritte Tag, da ...
to \get to to a top position eine Spitzenstellung erlangen
II. vt (fam)
to \get to oneself to a place es zu einem Ort schaffen fam
* * *
get to v/i
1. kommen nach, erreichen
2. a) sich machen an (akk)
b) zu sprechen kommen auf (akk)
c) get to doing sth anfangen, etwas zu tun
* * *
transitive verb
1) (reach) kommen zu [Gebäude]; erreichen [Person, Ort]

he is getting to the age when ... — er wird bald das Alter erreicht haben, wo ...

I haven't got to the end [of the novel] yet — ich habe [den Roman] noch nicht zu Ende gelesen

where has the child/the book got to? — wo ist das Kind hin/das Buch hingekommen?

2) (begin)

get to doing something — anfangen, etwas zu tun

3)

get to somebody — (coll.): (annoy) jemandem auf die Nerven gehen (ugs.)

* * *
v.
ankommen v.

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