| 单词 | to get with the programme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get with the programme 11. colloquial (originally U.S.). The prevailing or accepted way of doing things. Chiefly in to get with the programme: to participate in or conform to prevailing or accepted thinking or behaviour; (also) = to get with it at with prep. 22f; frequently in imperative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > usual course, condition, etc. > the usual or ordinary way or procedure > as established or accepted orderc1300 usation1556 in form1703 drill1940 programme1966 1966 Los Angeles Times 26 May iii. 3/2 During an extended period of exercise..Pierce admittedly failed to keep up with his platoon... Armstrong punched him in the abdomen to force him to ‘get with the program’. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp vii. 143 I couldn't figure why those crazy jokers at the bar were yukking like pickaninnys. To stay with the program I mastered a 'King Fish' grin. 1991 Time 21 Oct. 46/1 Will Congress finally get with the program and have its workplace governed by the laws that apply in the rest of the nation? 1994 RIP June 36/3 Hey, it's a party, get with the program. 2003 Independent 31 Dec. (Review section) 5/1 Dieting is not dissimilar to Alcoholics Anonymous. You get with the programme and you stay with it for life. < as lemmas |
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