get on with sth
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
to start or continue doing something, especially work:
Stop talking and get on with it.
I like to be left to get on with the job.
I suppose I could get on with the ironing while I'm waiting.
More examples
- If you make some coffee I'll get on with the washing up.
- They were busily getting on with the painting.
- He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- go ahead
- ground
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- kick in
- kick-start
- strike
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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