Get to know means to gradually learn more about someone or something and become familiar with them. People use it about people, a new city, a job or a program: get to know your colleagues, get to know the area.
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get to know + person/place; get to know each other; get to know + someone + better
- It took me a few months to get to know my new colleagues.
- We spent the first week getting to know the city on foot.
- The course starts with a game, so students can get to know each other.
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First versionYesterday I got to know that my flight was cancelled.
RevisionYesterday I found out that my flight was cancelled.
Get to know is about people, places and things you become familiar with over time. It is not used for learning a piece of news or a fact. For that, English uses found out, learnt or heard: I found out that my flight was cancelled.
Meet means to see someone for the first time; get to know means to learn more about a person after you have met: I met Tom at a conference, but I got to know him only when we shared an office.
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Anna and I ___ each other during a two-week training course in Madrid.
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got to know — This is about two people who became closer during the course, so you need got to know. Found out is used for facts and news, and found out each other is not possible in English.
Write about someone you got to know better in the past year. Say where it happened and what helped you become closer.
This year I got to know my neighbour Lena at the local running club, and our Sunday runs helped us become friends.
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