get on
intj1
Expresses surprise or disbelief.
get on
verb14 senses
- 1To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- 2To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to…
- 3To progress (with); to move forward.
- 4To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become…
- 5To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
- 6To become old.
- 7To have a good relationship; to get along.
- 8To cope or deal (with).
- 9To commence (an action).
- 10To place a bet on.
- 11Synonym of have on.
- 12To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous.
- 13To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs.
- 14To observe or notice.
1
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.
1 more example
- I had to get on a chair to change the light bulb.
2
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?
1 more example
- She's getting on very well at school.
3
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?
1 more example
- 'He must get on, from every point of view,' argued Carrados to pass the seconds. 'Five minutes to fix the rig, ten more to send his message, five to pack up. Heavens! it seems an hour already.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
4
Often, Of time, With "with" 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.
5
With "for" To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
Usually in continuous tenses
- The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.
- She must be getting on for 65 years of age.
2 more examples
- There were getting on for 40 people last night.
- It was getting on for midnight before I went to bed.
6
To become old.
Usually in continuous tenses
- My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.
7
UK, Often, With 'with' To have a good relationship; to get along.
- “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. […]”1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.
1 more example
- I wish you and I could learn to get on.
8
UK, With 'with' To cope or deal (with).
- I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.
9
To commence (an action).
- Go get on to cleaning the floors, the others have already started.
11
Synonym of have on.
African-American Vernacular
12
Slang To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous.
13
Slang To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs.
14
Slang To observe or notice.
- Get on that guy!
- Synonyms
- board, climb on, embark, get on board, get onto, mount, get onboard, handle, cope, manage, get by, fare, perform, progress, get late, age, become old, get old, get along, understand each other, understand one another
- Antonyms
- alight from, climb down from, climb off, disembark, exit, get down from, get off, get out of, leave, alight, climb down, get down, get out
- Derived terms
- get on like a house on fire, getting on for