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.”

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