Using "get" to suggest that there is some difficulty in arriving

[Tofu]

Hello Alan, Mister Micawber, Beeesneees, Mordant, Esl_Expert and other native English speakers,

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We often use "get" to suggest that there is some difficulty in arriving.
- It wasn't easy to get through the crowd.
- I don't know how we're going to get over the river.
- Can you tell me how to get to the police station?
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Do you use the verb "get" to suggest that there is some difficulty in arriving? What do you use to suggest that there is no difficulty in arriving?

[Mordant]

I have never known "get" to imply difficulty in arriving.

I got to work very early because traffic was light.
We got to London quite easily.

Nothing about those feels even marginally contradictory or unnatural to me.

[Tofu]

Thank you, Mordant.

[Alan]

Hi Tofu,

On its own 'get' with the idea of reaching somewhere can be used to suggest ease or difficulty as in: Getting there is the easiest thing in the world or Getting there is the problem.

Alan
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[Tofu]

Thank you, Alan.