get at

to suggest.

• I'm not sure what Tom is getting at.
• I began to see what he was getting at.
• I don't know what you're getting at here.
• I don't understand what you're getting at.
• I'm not sure I know what you're getting at.
• I couldn't understand what he was getting at.
• I can't understand what you're trying to get at.
• Tom couldn't understand what Mary was getting at.
• Tom suddenly understood what Mary was getting at.
• I'm not sure I know what you're getting at. Please express it differently if you can.

to reach, to find or have access.

• I can't get at my luggage.
• Put it where children can't get at it.
• Put that knife where the children can't get at it.
• The baby tried to get at the red candle on the table.
• Put the medicine where children can't get at it.
• Some day I'll get at the real reason.
• He was too short to get at the grapes.
• The baby is too short to get at the drawer.
• He wasn't tall enough to get at the ceiling.
• He is too short to get at the book on the shelf.
• Patty was so short that she couldn't get at the branch.
• It is essential to get at the heart of the matter, no matter what they are.
• My new can opener is sturdier than the old one, so hopefully it won't take 2 minutes to get at my beans anymore.
• We could not get at his meaning.
• Let's get at the root of the matter.
• The truth will be got at before long.
• We have to get at the truth of the matter.
• Can you get at the meaning of this passage?
• I can't get at the exact meaning of the sentence.
• The detective took six months to get at the truth of that affair.