get there

verb

To arrive at a destination.

“What time are we going to get there?”

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Meanings

verbget there (third-person singular simple present gets there, present participle getting there, simple past got there, past participle (UK) got there or (US) gotten there)

present singular third person gets there · participle present getting there · past got there · UK participle past got there · US participle past gotten there

  1. To arrive at a destination.

    What time are we going to get there?

    1 more example

    (I’ve been there, I know the way) [You] can’t get there from here

    1985, “Can’t Get There From Here”, in Fables of the Reconstruction, performed by R.E.M.
  2. idiomaticTo succeed after a lengthy attempt.

    He's having trouble completing the sudoku puzzle, but he'll get there eventually.

Cite this entry
APA

get there. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20there

MLA

“get there.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20there. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get there,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20there.

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