get on
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]get on (third-person singular simple present gets on, present participle getting on, simple past got on, past participle (UK) got on or (US) gotten on)
- (transitive, intransitive) To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- Please get on the bus as quickly as possible.
- She has no trouble getting off a bus but has difficulty getting on.
- I had to get on a chair to change the light bulb.
- (intransitive) To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.
- John is really getting on at work.
- I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on?
- She's getting on very well at school.
- (intransitive, often with "with") To progress (with); to move forward.
- It's time to get on with improving quality.
- We've wasted enough time now. Can we get on, please?
- (intransitive, of time) To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become late in the day.
- Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight.
- The hour is getting on. It'll be dark soon.
- (intransitive, with "for", usually in continuous tenses) To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
- The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.
- It was getting on for midnight before I went to bed.
- (intransitive, usually in continuous tenses) To become old.
- My parents are visibly getting on a bit these days.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, often with 'with') To have a good relationship; to get along.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […] ”
- John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.
- I wish you and I could learn to get on.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, with 'with') To cope or deal (with).
- I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.
- (transitive) To commence (an action).
- The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!
- (slang, archaic, transitive, gambling) To place a bet on.
- to get on a horse or a man
- (African-American Vernacular) Synonym of have on
- (slang) To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous.
- (slang) To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs.
- (slang) To observe or notice.
- Get on that guy!
Synonyms
[edit]- (to board a vehicle): board, climb on, embark, get on board, get onto, mount
- (to enter a vehicle): board, embark, get onboard
- (to handle): handle, cope, manage, get by, fare, perform, progress
- (to become late): get late.
- (to become old): age, become old, get old; see also Thesaurus:to age.
- (to have a good relationship): get along, understand each other or understand one another
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”): alight from, climb down from, climb off, disembark, exit, get down from, get off, get out of, leave
- (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”): alight, climb down, disembark, exit, get down, get off, get out, leave
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to board or mount
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to enter (a vehicle)
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to be successful
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to progress (with)
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to become old
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to have a good relationship
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to commence an action
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Interjection
[edit]get on!
- Expresses surprise or disbelief.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
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