get on with it

1. see get on, def. 6.

Example Sentences

He added: "As an independent trader I have no safety net, I just have to get on with it."

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Physiotherapy and drugs are generally used to manage the symptoms, but Tim felt after being diagnosed he was just expected to "get on with it".

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Alice says she felt let down by the company and was given the impression that, in a "lowly role as a production worker", she should just "be grateful and get on with it".

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"You have just got to budget, I am quite good at budgeting anyway but you just cut back on things and get on with it."

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He is thought to favour a democratic convention to decide on leadership but others in the project are impatient to get on with it.

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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