"Get to do something"
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00:00 &Quot;Get To Do Something&Quot;
00:09 Answer 1 Score 7
00:22 Answer 2 Score 11
00:35 Answer 3 Score 2
00:45 Accepted Answer Score 20
01:32 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 20
To "get to do" something means that you are enabled or given the opportunity to do something.
Example 1 - A circumstance or choice enables you to do something:
Why do you work at home?
I get to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.
Example 2 - Being given an opportunity:
Has anything good come out of this week-long snowstorm?
I get to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.
Sometimes this phrase is used sarcastically to mean "I am being forced to do something that I don't want to do". For example:
I get to grade 40 tests this weekend!
should be interpreted as something along the lines of
I'd rather be doing something else, but I must grade 40 tests this weekend.
ANSWER 2
Score 11
In this context it means have the opportunity to:
I have the opportunity to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.
ANSWER 3
Score 7
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get
21: to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted: You get to meet a lot of interesting people.
ANSWER 4
Score 2
That would simply mean that,
You are now able to do it.