get on with it

1. see get on, def. 6.

Example Sentences

When in the turret discussing who to murder next, he asked fellow traitors singer Cat Burns and presenter Jonathan Ross: "Stephen Fry: Shall we just get on with it and kill him? What's a knighthood when you're dead?"

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Now, though, with regrettably tired retreads such as “Shelby Oaks,” the impulse isn’t to scream at the screen “Don’t do it!” so much as “Get on with it already.”

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Potter is available and, given a five-year deal and left to get on with it, would be successful.

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"All over the pitch. Weak," he continued, storming out of the dressing room after telling his charges to "get on with it".

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"I think you have a secret word between you and your caddie. You turn and look and say something, have a little laugh and then he says 'right job at hand, get on with it'. Get the golfer to click back in. This is a great golf course, we've got to play a great shot, that will keep you 100% focused."

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Related Words

• advance 
• carry on 
• carry over 
• endure 
• extend 
• go on 
• last 
• linger 
• maintain 
• persist 
• progress 
• promote 
• pursue 
• reach 
• remain 
• stay 
• survive 
• sustain