get to know

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get to know (third-person singular simple present gets to know, present participle getting to know, simple past got to know, past participle (UK) got to know or (US) gotten to know)

  1. (transitive) To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.
    • 23 October 1976, Steve Martin, Saturday Night Live[1]:
      I'm not into that one-night thing. I think a person should get to know someone and even be in love with them before you use them and degrade them
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ know.

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