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单词 get there
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  • Get-there City had not gotten there beyond a single straggling street of shanties.

    Tales From Bohemia|Robert Neilson Stephens

get there

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Achieve success, as in He always wanted to be a millionaire, and he finally got there. In this expression, there indicates one's goal. The participial form of this phrase, getting there, means “making progress toward a goal,” as in I haven't finished the book, but I'm getting there. [Late 1800s] Also see get somewhere.

Words nearby get there

get the lead out, get the message, get the most out of, get the nod, get the picture, get there, get the runaround, get the sack, get the show on the road, get the upper hand, get the worst of it
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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