Meaning of get with the program | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.
   US, idiomatic, informal
2. To work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.
   US, idiomatic, informal
3. To comply with the norms of a social group, especially a shared enterprise; to comply with the accepted or prevailing way of doing things.
   US, idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“When the student was behind on his vocabulary, the teacher said, "get with the program!"”

“Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program.”

“In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter.”

“Dude, get with the program! We don't do casual Fridays any more.”

CEFR level