Meaning of get on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
   intransitive, transitive
2. To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.
   intransitive
3. To progress (with); to move forward.
   intransitive, often
4. To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become late in the day.
   intransitive, often
5. To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
   intransitive
6. To become old.
   intransitive
7. To have a good relationship; to get along.
   UK, intransitive, often
8. To cope or deal (with).
   UK, intransitive
9. To commence (an action).
   transitive
10. To place a bet on.
    archaic, slang, transitive
11. Synonym of have on.
12. To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous.
    slang
13. To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs.
    slang
14. To observe or notice.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“It's time to get on with improving quality.”

“We've wasted enough time now. Can we get on, please?”

“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.”

“The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.”

“She must be getting on for 65 years of age.”

“There were getting on for 40 people last night.”

“It was getting on for midnight before I went to bed.”

“My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.”

““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.”

“I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.”

“The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!”

“to get on a horse or a man”

“Get on that guy!”

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