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to manage to reach or touch something
I keep the sweets up here where the children can't get at them.
to try to suggest something without saying it directly
What are you getting at?
to discover the true facts about something
This was an attempt to stop journalists getting at the truth.
to criticize someone again and again in a way that is unfair
Why are you always getting at me?
