- get at someone or an animal
- get at someone or an animalFig. to attack or strike someone or an animal. •
The cat jumped over the wall to get at the mouse.
•Ok, you guys. There he is. Get at him!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get at someone or an animal
Look at other dictionaries:
get out — {v. phr.} 1. Leave or depart. * / Get out of here! the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * / Driver, I want to get out by the opera. / 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; … Dictionary of American idioms
get out — {v. phr.} 1. Leave or depart. * / Get out of here! the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * / Driver, I want to get out by the opera. / 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; … Dictionary of American idioms
get — [[t]gɛt[/t]] v. got, got got•ten, get•ting, 1) to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a gift; to get a pension[/ex] 2) to cause to be in one s possession or be available for one s use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to … From formal English to slang
Animal rights — advocates propose that animals be viewed as persons, not property.[1] Description Animals are members of the moral community … Wikipedia
Animal Crossing: City Folk — North American box art Developer(s) Nintendo EAD Publisher(s) … Wikipedia
get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… … English World dictionary
Animal sexual behaviour — This article is about the sexual behaviour of non human animals; see also Human sexuality and Sexual reproduction. Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, even within the same species. Among animals other than humans, researchers have … Wikipedia
get — I [[t]ge̱t[/t]] CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING ♦ gets, getting, got, gotten (past tense & past participle) (In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.) 1) V LINK… … English dictionary
get — verb (gets, getting; past got; past participle got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1》 come to have or hold; receive. ↘experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad). 2》 succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3》 move… … English new terms dictionary
Animal Liberation Front — For other uses of the term ALF , see ALF (disambiguation). The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is a name used internationally by animal liberation activists who engage in direct action on behalf of animals. This includes removing animals from… … Wikipedia
Get a Mac — Mac vs. PC redirects here. For a comparison between operating systems, see comparison of operating systems. John Hodgman as PC and Justin Long as Mac. The Get a Mac campaign is a television advertising campaign created for Apple Inc. by TBWAMedia … Wikipedia
