to spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about them or it

The first couple of meetings are for the doctor and patient to get to know each other. 开始的几次会面使医生和病人相互逐渐熟悉。

I'll need a few weeks to get to know the system. 我需要几周的时间来熟悉这一系统。

I was delighted to return to Mozambique to meet up with the kids I'd got to know there.

I spent my evenings walking around, getting to know the area.

During the year she spent inhospital, we got to know the nurses really well.

See also: know verb (BE FAMILIAR WITH)