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Wowenglish Posted 17 years ago
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I would like to know the difference between "to(1)" and "to(2)" in the next sentence.

I got to(1) my feet and walked to(2) the door.
  

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' Get to one's feet ' is an idiom meaning 'stand up'. The second to is 'used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached'.

— Mister Micawber

  • ' Get to one's feet ' is an idiom meaning 'stand up'.
  • The second to is 'used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached'.
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'Get to one's feet' is an idiom meaning 'stand up'. The second to is 'used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached'.
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