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get at
Llegar a ; Descubrir; Apuntar a ; Atacar; Sobornar

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get at1
(v.) = acceder a.
Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
 
get at2
(v.) = apuntar, señalar, querer decir.
Ex: What I'm getting at is this: At least in the CIP entry that I have seen, LC, following customary practice, made a title entry for the main title, 'Women in Librarianship', but nothing under Melvil's 'Rib Symposium'.
 
get at3
(v.) = regañar, reprender.
Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.