Get at
Reach
Reach verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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What's more, their favorite weapons are polearms, which they can use to reach over their friends' shoulders to strike you, allowing even more of them to get at you at once.
Source: Video Game / Dungeon Crawl -
Boring but Practical: Want to climb that wall of mountains to get at the mines you see just out of your reach?
Source: Video Game / Railroad Tycoon -
The Utah Beach unit climbing the cliffs to get at the big guns overlooking half the beach-head reach their objectives only to find the Germans hadn't installed the guns into their bunkers yet.
Source: Film / The Longest Day
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