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go get it vs go to get it

Both "go get it" and "go to get it" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Go get it" is a common phrase used to instruct someone to retrieve something, while "go to get it" implies a specific location where the action of getting something will take place.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 1005 views

go get it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to instruct someone to retrieve something. It is a common and informal way of expressing this action.

Examples:

Go get the mail from the mailbox.
I'll go get some groceries from the store.
She asked him to go get her bag from the car.
Can you go get the keys from the table?
He went to go get his jacket from the closet.

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So, you and I will have to go get it together.
It's in my car. I can go get it.
Okay, Bonnie, go get it.
(whispering) Okay, Bonnie, go get it.
I'll need a brief continuance to go get it.
You stay here and have someone else go get it.
I have to go get it.
Stop asking permission and go get it.
Now I've got to go get it.
Mother, let's go get it.
She seems kind of clean, go get it.
He said that Flint still plans to go get it.
My mum sent my brother to go get it.
I think I could go get it right now.
Maybe you could go get it yourself.
So we sent one of our best retrieval specialists to go get it.
-Wayne, go get it.
Great, I'll go get it.
We let Xavier go get it.
Thanks, I'll go get it.

Alternatives:

fetch it
retrieve it
grab it
pick it up
bring it

go to get it

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase implies a specific location where the action of getting something will take place. It is used when emphasizing the destination or purpose of the action.

Examples:

I need to go to get the package from the post office.
She went to get her shoes from the closet.
Let's go to get some food from the market.
He went to get his tools from the garage.
We have to go to get the documents from the office.

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The question is how far she will go to get it.
Figure you might want to be there when we go to get it.
And don't worry, I won't even go to get it.
And we didn't have to go to Jersey to get it.
We still got to go to Lincoln to get it.
And you had to go to the hospital to get it removed.
Had to go federal to get it.
Had to go miles to get it back.
You knew he'd have to go to the library to get it.
He had to go to Argentina to get it set.
I might be tempted to go to Edo to get it.
Well, we were going to go back to get it before the meet.
Every meeting you go to, you get it signed.
Travis doesn't want to take the test. Let's see how far he'll go to get out of it.
This spotlight is the only place that I can go to get away from it all.
Go to ACDC tomorrow and get it for me from the virus sample storage.
- We should go to the school and get it.
Someone has to go to the shed and get it.
Just go to his house and get it.
I go to get people away from it, on Sunday mornings at least.

Alternatives:

go and get it
go fetch it
go retrieve it
go grab it
go pick it up

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