get at

Questions about get at

What does get at mean?

get at means "reach or gain access to". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get at?

Close synonyms include access, annoy, rag, get to, bother. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get at a common word?

get at is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.