get to

verbs

reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"

"We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

get to, make, progress to, reach

arrive at the point of

"She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

get to

is a type of (narrower)

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex