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get on
verb
- to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc) Also (when preposition)get onto
- tr to dress in (clothes as specified)
- intr to grow late or (of time) to elapse
it's getting on and I must go
- intr (of a person) to grow old
- intrfoll byfor to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)
she is getting on for seventy
- intr to make progress, manage, or fare
how did you get on in your exam?
- introften foll bywith to establish a friendly relationship
he gets on well with other people
- intrfoll bywith to continue to do
get on with your homework!
interjection
- I don't believe you!
Example Sentences
We ask people who spent the day without electricity about what helped them get on with life and what outage essentials they were missing.
The Labour government are getting on with many of the policies outlined in the report because they know this is popular with people, especially the voting coalition they need to maintain for the next election.
He was able to subdue the effects and "get on with life", but when he saw Burrows on the BBC's Crimewatch "it brought everything back".
She engaged with more than 2,000 women to find out what prevented them from getting on the start line of races alongside men.
After he allegedly was spotted on security video taking the bag, Bustamante Leiva got on a bus and was seen later that evening at an Italian restaurant.
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