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Get to meaning

Get to is a phrasal verb used to ask where a delayed or unexpectedly absent person or thing is.

Past simple
got to
Past participle
got to
-ing form
getting to

What get to means

B2

Used to ask where a delayed or unexpectedly absent person or thing is

Where have the children got to?

Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away.

With to: refer to, amount to, put something to someone, set to, beat someone to it, come to, go to, keep to, report to, see to.

Common questions

What does get to mean?

Used to ask where a delayed or unexpectedly absent person or thing is.

What is the past tense of get to?

Got to, which is also its past participle.

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