Examples of 'getting at' in a sentence
Meaning of "getting at"
This phrase implies an attempt to understand or clarify something. It indicates an act of trying to reach the core or essence of a topic, concept, or idea. It suggests a desire to comprehend the meaning or intention behind a statement or action
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- present participle of get at
How to use "getting at" in a sentence
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getting at
I am getting at least one of you back alive.
I do not want them getting at what is mine.
Getting at the truth is the focus of an interrogation.
You should be getting at least five hours.
Getting at least one woman is a complement of no women.
You have been getting at something all night.
Getting at the heart of the empowered learner.
Two families getting at each other again.
I realize quite well where you getting at.
Probably getting at least eight hours a night.
But then they understood what he was getting at.
What you getting at with the books.
A not sure what you are getting at here.
I am getting at the fact that you supposedly.
I do not quite understand what you are getting at.
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What are you getting at remember five.
I do not really understand what you are getting at.
Hence probability of getting at least once is equal to.
I realize quite well what you are getting at.
Focus on getting at least one exercise right.
Someone must have been getting at her editor.
I am getting at you with the truth.
I am not quite sure what you are getting at.
Here what we are getting at is the question of respect.
I do not quite see what it is you are getting at.
Getting at the cause demands coordinated international action.
She certainly has a way of getting at things.
He likes getting at his cases from the inside.
Nobody wants what they are getting at home.
You are not getting at my balls uninvited.
I am not exactly sure what you are getting at.
I know you are getting at something here.
Because what you and snooks were getting at.
They are getting at us through the fiction.
I really do not know what you are getting at.
We are getting at bite to eat with the economic committee.
Which is what you are getting at right now.
Getting at the causes demands coordinated international action.
They are linear only on particular rows getting at it.
About getting at least the understanding.
Repetition is one way of getting at the truth.
You are getting at an innocent person again.
I can not see what you are getting at.
You kept getting at my husband too.
If you simply tell me what you are getting at.
But maybe getting at it in a different way.
I am just a minute closer to getting at the truth.
What you are getting at is like an extreme form of that.
Just a minute closer to getting at the truth.
I am getting at separation of church and state.
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Six weeks went by and people were getting desperate
I have heard of getting stuck with a problem
