get to

Most commonly, "get to" means "travel to" (e.g., "You can get to Chicago by bus"). Its use in your sentence above is a metaphorical use of that meaning. Let me explain by comparing these two sentences:

1- I'd like to know you.
2- I'd like to get to know you.

The first is plain enough: "I would like to know you." How is the second different? It means something more like "

Hello Jif

Thank you for the nice explanation. I too thought this "get to know her" would mean "become friends with her" or even "become her lover". But for me it's tough to know the exact meaning of the whole sentence. I feel "it wasn't made clear what I was trying to find out" is rather a wordy expression in this context. Does it mean something like "I didn't know what I should do"? I

You're certainly correct that the sentence is unclear without any context. I read a lot into it, really. The phrase "what I was trying to find out" implied to me that the speaker had been charged with speaking to this woman, but he didn't know exactly why, only that we was "to get to know her."

Hi Jif

Thank you. You are right. It's like a jigsaw puzzle to answer the meaning of a sentence without being given the context.

paco

Thanks for your answers i have attached the pages which include the sentence for a better understanding.

it wasn't really made clear what i was trying to find out except that i was to get to know her

It sounds like something from a spy story. An agent was assigned the task of becoming acquainted with the woman, but nobody told him the reason for doing so in a very clear way. The agent believes there is some information the woman has which he must find out, but he does