get on
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
(RELATIONSHIP)
B1 UK US also UK get along to have a good relationship:
We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.
He doesn't get on with his daughter.
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- We haven't been getting on recently.
- It's important that you get on with your colleagues.
- Do you get on with your brother?
- They got on better when they were children.
- He gets on with everyone.
(MANAGE)
B1 UK US also UK get along to manage or deal with a situation, especially successfully:
How are you getting on in your new home?
We're getting on quite well with the decorating.
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- How are you getting on with your essay?
- How are you getting on with your new car?
- He seems to be getting on well in his new job.
- How did you get on with the questions I set you?
- I'll have to wait for the results to see how I got on with my exams.
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- negotiate
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- sort
- turn
- weather
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(CONTINUE)
B2 UK to continue doing something, especially work:
I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?
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- I'd better not stop now, I need to get on.
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Continue & last
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- keep sth up
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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(OLD)
be getting on informal
More examples
- He must be getting on a bit now.
- My dad would love to help but he's getting on a bit now.
- I should think he's into his eighties by now - he's getting on.
- You forget - I'm getting on. I'm not as young as I used to be.
- I suppose they're getting on now and they've had various friends die.
to be getting old:
He's getting on (a bit) - he'll be 76 next birthday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- arrive
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- decline
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- in my day idiom
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- prime
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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(LATE)
be getting on UK informal
If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you mean it is becoming late:
It's getting on - we'd better be going.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Late
- behind
- behindhand
- belated
- delayed
- door
- down to the wire idiom
- late
- late in the day idiom
- latecomer
- latest
- miss
- moment
- schedule
- shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has bolted idiom
- tardy
- the eleventh hour idiom
- the last minute idiom
- time
- uncivilized
- wire
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getting on for UK US going on
almost:
He must be getting on for 80 now.
It was getting on for midnight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Almost
- about
- almost
- as good as idiom
- as much as idiom
- be on the way to sth idiom
- more
- more or less idiom
- much
- near
- near
- nearly
- next
- strike
- sub
- that was close! idiom
- the best/better part of idiom
- to/for all intents and purposes idiom
- up to
- virtual
- way
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