217 Get at

(PW) mean, hint

You tell me that I am slow at work. What are you trying to get at?

 

(free)

1. To touch or reach successfully: The cat hid where we couldn't get at it.

2. To try to make understandable; hint at or suggest: I don't know what you're getting at.

3. To discover or understand: tried to get at the cause of the problem.

4. Informal To bribe or influence by improper or illegal means: He got at the judge, and the charges were dismissed.