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get on en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
    • She has no trouble getting off a bus but has difficulty getting on.
    • Please get on the bus as quickly as possible.
    • I had to get on a chair to change the light bulb.
  2. (intransitive) To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.
    • She's getting on very well at school.
    • John is really getting on at work.
    • I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on?
  3. (intransitive, 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?
    • '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. (intransitive, of time, often, with "with") To progress (with); to move forward. ▸ To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become late in the day.
    • The hour is getting on. It'll be dark soon.
    • Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight.
  5. (intransitive, qualifier:optionally with "for"; usually in continuous tenses; optionally with "for"; usually in continuous tenses) To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)
    • It was getting on for midnight before I went to bed.
    • 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.
  6. (intransitive, qualifier:usually in continuous tenses) To become old.
    • Apollodorus had headed this works for getting on two years.
    • My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.
  7. (UK, intransitive, often, with 'with') To have a good relationship; to get along.
    • I wish you and I could learn to get on.
    • John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.
    • “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:
  8. (UK, intransitive, with 'with') To cope or deal (with).
    • I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.
  9. (transitive) To commence (an action).
    • Go get on to cleaning the floors, the others have already started.
  10. (archaic, slang, transitive) To place a bet on.
    • to get on a horse or a man
  11. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Synonym of have on.
  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!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
got on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got on Tense=Past lexicographic
getting on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gotten on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
gets on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

get off (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · get out (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · alight (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · alight from (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · climb down from (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · get off (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · climb down (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · exit (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · disembark (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · climb off (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · exit (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · get down (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”) · get down from (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · get out of (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · leave (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · disembark (antonym(s) of “to board a vehicle”) · leave (antonym(s) of “to enter a vehicle”)

Deriveds

get on like a house on fire · getting on for

Synonyms

get onto (to board a vehicle) · climb on (to board a vehicle) · get along (to have a good relationship) · embark (to enter a vehicle) · understand each other (to have a good relationship) · have on · perform (to handle) · become old · catch (to board a vehicle) · fare (to handle) · embark (to board a vehicle) · progress (to handle) · board (to enter a vehicle) · manage (to handle) · get by (to handle) · get onboard (to enter a vehicle) · board (to board a vehicle) · mount (to board a vehicle) · get late (to become late) · handle (to handle) · age (to become old) · cope (to handle) · understand one another (to have a good relationship) · get on board (to board a vehicle) · get old

Translations (85)

nb hoppe på (to enter (a vehicle)) · fi tulla vanhaksi (to become old) · fi tulla toimeen (to have a good relationship) · fi tulla myöhä (to become late) · da hoppe på (to enter (a vehicle)) · es manos a la obra (to commence an action) · fi nousta (to enter (a vehicle)) · da stå på (to enter (a vehicle)) · da stige på (to enter (a vehicle)) · es entrar en años (to become old) · fr enfourcher (to board or mount) · es montar (to board or mount) · fi ikääntyä (to become old) · ko 타다 (to board or mount) · ar رَكِبَ (to board or mount) · ru сади́ться (to board or mount) · ja (...に)乗る (to enter (a vehicle)) · cs nastoupit (to enter (a vehicle)) · ja (...に)乗っかる (to board or mount) · nb komme i gang (to progress (with)) · tr binmek (to enter (a vehicle)) · fi menestyä (to be successful) · nb klare seg (to be successful) · es peinar canas (to become old) · ca envellir (to become old) · az minmək (to board or mount) · fi aloittaa (to commence an action) · pt pegar (to enter (a vehicle)) · es llevarse bien (to have a good relationship) · fr se faire vieux (to become old) · pt subir em (to enter (a vehicle)) · da stige på (to board or mount) · fi edistyä (to progress (with)) · fi jatkaa (to progress (with)) · el γερνάω (to become old) · az minmək (to enter (a vehicle)) · de einsteigen (to board or mount) · el ανεβαίνω (to board or mount) · nb hoppe på (to board or mount) · ru сесть (to board or mount) · ru постаре́ть (to become old) · fi vanheta (to become old) · fi ruveta (to commence an action) · nb gå på (to enter (a vehicle)) · cmn(to board or mount) · fr embarquer (to board or mount) · es montar (to enter (a vehicle)) · it invecchiare (to become old) · es tardar (to become late) · pl dogadywać się (to have a good relationship) · ja (...に)乗る (to board or mount) · fr embarquer (to enter (a vehicle)) · grc ἐπιβαίνω (to board or mount) · cmn 上車 /上车 (to board or mount) · ru ладить (to have a good relationship) · ca progressar (to be successful) · fr monter (to enter (a vehicle)) · pt entrar em (to enter (a vehicle)) · nb gå på (to board or mount) · nb gå i gang (to progress (with)) · el μπαίνω (to enter (a vehicle)) · ca dur-se bé (to have a good relationship) · fi nousta (to board or mount) · az qocalmaq (to become old) · vi lên (to board or mount) · ca pujar (to enter (a vehicle)) · fi edetä (to progress (with)) · nb eldes (to become old) · ru приступать (to commence an action) · ru соста́риться (to become old) · az yola getmək (to have a good relationship) · fr monter (to board or mount) · km ឡើង (to board or mount) · ru старе́ть (to become old) · vi lên xe (to board or mount) · ca som-hi (to commence an action) · es cabalgar (to board or mount) · es envejecer (to become old) · nb sette i gang (to progress (with)) · ru справляться (to be successful) · ca muntar (to board or mount) · it salire (to board or mount) · grc ἐπιβαίνω (to enter (a vehicle)) · ca embarcar (to enter (a vehicle)) · ca embarcar (to board or mount)