Sekirov Dictionary

get on

verb 14
exclamation 1
forms 4

verb14

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to step or climb onto something such as a horse, a bicycle, a bus, a train or a plane, often so as to travel on it
- Please get on the bus as quickly as possible.
- She has no trouble getting off a bus but has difficulty getting on.
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(UK) to like someone and have a friendly relationship with them
- John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.
- I wish you and I could learn to get on.
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(UK) to be able to deal with something easily because it suits you
- I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.
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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?
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to be doing well or badly over time in a job, at school or in another situation
- John is really getting on at work.
- I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on?
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to move on toward the late part of a period of time, such as a day or a person's life
- 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.
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To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
- The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.
- She must be getting on for 65 years of age.
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To become old.
- My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.
- Apollodorus had headed this works for getting on two years.
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to begin doing a task and turn your attention to it
- Go get on to cleaning the floors, the others have already started.
(slang) To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous.
(slang) to take drugs or drink a lot of alcohol in order to feel their effects
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(slang) To observe or notice.
- Get on that guy!
Synonym of have on.
(slang, no longer used) to bet money that something will happen, such as that a horse will win a race

exclamation1

Expresses surprise or disbelief.

forms

got on · gotten on · getting on · gets on

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