GOT THERE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got there

phrase

past tense of get there

as in succeeded

to reach a desired level of accomplishment She reamed of being a famous actress and would stop at nothing to get there.

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Recent Examples of got there Blair Kerkhoff’s weekly report cards from The Kansas City Star tell the story of how the Chiefs got there. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Giving Fincher a chance to dabble in TV and animation are other areas that a place like Apple or Amazon may have been willing to throw a lot of money at, but Netflix got there first. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026 Milinkovitch got there from the tuft on Gonzo’s head, Holtz from the shape of his hands. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 When the victim got there, prosecutors say she was met by two men. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Every rail that reached mass adoption got there by adding protection, not by stripping it away. — Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Devers got there even though nobody else in the Giants’ opening day lineup got there with him. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Apple got there by redesigning the chip to place the core logic silicon side-by-side with the memory chips. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 By the time police got there, Ortegon-Couoh appeared to have been run over by a train, investigators said in court records. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got there

Phrase

That brought up the right-handed-hitting Díaz, who got ahead 3-1 in the count after Ashby threw two pitches in the dirt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Since the dawn of time, the experts tell us, those who got ahead financially lived within their means, saved diligently and spent and invested carefully.

— Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of got ahead

Phrase

Only one of Utah’s shots inside the penalty area made it on target.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
But the council member nevertheless made it into the general election against Bass, and dominated their second debate, hosted in August by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of made it

Phrase

Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Another Spanish-language filmmaker, Chile’s Pablo Larraín, has arguably already made the grade.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026