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get on
verb
Also (when preposition): get onto. to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc)
(tr) to dress in (clothes as specified)
(intr) to grow late or (of time) to elapse
it's getting on and I must go
(intr) (of a person) to grow old
to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)
she is getting on for seventy
(intr) to make progress, manage, or fare
how did you get on in your exam?
to establish a friendly relationship
he gets on well with other people
to continue to do
get on with your homework!
interjection
I don't believe you!
Idioms and Phrases
Also, get upon . Climb on, mount. For example, They say one should get back on a horse as soon as one's fallen off . [Early 1600s]
See get along , def. 1.
See get along , def. 2.
See get along , def. 4. Also see along in years .
, etc. Prosper or succeed, as in Her inheritance has helped her get on in society , or Dad asked if Bill was getting on in the company . [Early 1800s]
get on with it . Move ahead, pursue one's work. For example, We've spent enough time talking about it; now let's get on with it . [Early 1800s]
get on for . Advance toward an age, amount, time, and so on. For example, It's getting on for noon, so we'd better eat lunch . This usage is often put in the participial form, getting on for . [Mid-1800]
See turn on , def. 3. Also see the subsequent entries beginning with get on .
Example Sentences
"They got on a flight from Melbourne that night. They got straight into a taxi and made it to the ground with a minute to go before my cap presentation."
"I'm very conscious of the fact that people want to get on in life, they want to progress, they want more money in their pocket to do the things that matter to them," he said.
Taking detentions and other behaviour issues out of the teachers' hands means they "can just get on and teach".
To get its public debt on a meaningful downward path, Japan would need to run consistent primary budget surpluses—surpluses excluding interest payments—while getting on a more rapid economic growth path.
"We somehow beat Greece 3-1 and we beat Belarus, so I couldn't get on board with being negative and critical, not when you win games," he said.
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