All get to synonyms
get to
G g verb get to
- attain β If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- buzz β If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- disembark β to go ashore from a ship.
- progress β a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- better β Better is the comparative of good.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- overhaul β to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- happen β to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- lure β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- muck β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- coax β If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- pose β a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
- suborn β to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- thicken β make thicker
- tamper β to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- ravel β to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- influence β the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- involve β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- thwart β to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- lubricate β to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- fog β a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
- sugar β a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- beset β If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- tangle β to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- pervert β to affect with perversion.
- stumble β to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- square β a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- reward β a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- approach β When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- soap β a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- nudge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- tantalize β to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- insist β to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- remind β to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something): Remind me to phone him tomorrow. That woman reminds me of my mother.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- unzip β to open the zipper of.
- discountenance β to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- rattle β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- nonplus β to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- snarl β to become tangled; get into a tangle.