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verb (mainly adverb)

to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc)Also (when preposition): get onto

(tr) to dress in (clothes as specified)

(intr) to grow late or (of time) to elapseit's getting on and I must go

(intr) (of a person) to grow old

(intr foll by for) to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)she is getting on for seventy

(intr) to make progress, manage, or farehow did you get on in your exam?

(intr often foll by with) to establish a friendly relationshiphe gets on well with other people

(intr foll by with) to continue to doget on with your homework!

interjection

I don't believe you!

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Words nearby get on

get off scot-free, get off someone's back, get off the dime, get off the ground, get off the hook, get on, get one down, get one's, get one's act together, get one's bearings, get one's comeuppance

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use get on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Ten minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
It was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper

Other Idioms and Phrases with get on

get on

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.

get on in the world or company, 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.

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