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get to sb [phrasal verb] (SUFFER)

If something gets to you, it makes you suffer

US

/ɡet/

UK

/ɡet/

informal

Example:

The heat was beginning to get to me, so I went indoors.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

get to somebody/something phrasal verb informal1 to make someone feel annoyed or upset I’m under a lot of pressure at work, and sometimes it gets to me a bit. Don’t let things get to you.2 get to thinking/wondering something informal to start thinking something He got to thinking how disappointed his parents would be.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

get to somebody

ˈget to sb derived
(informal) to annoy or affect sb

• The pressure of work is beginning to get to him.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

get to sb

informal

— phrasal verb with get UK /ɡet/ US /ɡet/ verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle gotor us usually gotten

(SUFFER)

If something gets to you, it makes you suffer:

The heat was beginning to get to me, so I went indoors.

American English

British English

treating people or animals badly

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