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Gotten to

What does "gotten to" mean here?

"Occasionally he would ask a random question that he hadn't gotten to in the past two days of interrogation."

  

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"gotten to" means something like "reached" or "encountered" or "arrived at". The idea is that he has been progressing through a lot of questions, but he hasn't previously "reached", or asked, that one.

  • "gotten to" means something like "reached" or "encountered" or "arrived at".
  • The idea is that he has been progressing through a lot of questions, but he hasn't previously "reached", or asked, that one.
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"gotten to" means something like "reached" or "encountered" or "arrived at". The idea is that he has been progressing through a lot of questions, but he hasn't previously "reached", or asked, that one.

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