get on

verb

1. to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc) Also (when preposition)get onto
2. tr to dress in (clothes as specified)
3. intr to grow late or (of time) to elapse

   it's getting on and I must go

4. intr (of a person) to grow old
5. intrfoll byfor to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)

   she is getting on for seventy

6. intr to make progress, manage, or fare

   how did you get on in your exam?

7. introften foll bywith to establish a friendly relationship

   he gets on well with other people

8. intrfoll bywith to continue to do

   get on with your homework!

interjection

1. I don't believe you!

Example Sentences

And she would do a full day of shooting on ‘Grace and Frankie’ and then get on a bus and go with some women to do something for the service industry in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times

Like actually, Sleep Token are as good as all these other bands, and you should get on board with them.

From BBC

Swinney also said former health secretary Michael Matheson should be allowed to “get on with the rest of his life” after it was reported he had put his name forward.

From BBC

“When we get on the bandstand,” he told the Albany, N.Y.,

From Los Angeles Times

It never occurred to me that I should say, “Oh, I don’t know if Richard should get on behind me.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• do
• get along