GET + somebody + TO + infinitive
This structureThe way in which the parts of a sentence, clause or expression are arranged. E.g.: make somebody + infinitive in "The teacher made me rewrite the composition." implies that the other person did not want to do something, but we managed to convince them.
Finally we got the mechanic to repair the elevator.
I couldn’t get her to understand the problem.
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