get on
English
Verb
get on (third-person singular simple present gets on, present participle getting on, simple past got on, past participle (UK) got on or (US) gotten on)
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To be successful.
- John is really getting on at work.
- I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on?
- She's getting on very well at school.
- (intransitive, with "with") To progress (with).
- It's time to get on with improving quality.
- (intransitive) To become late.
- Time is getting on
- It was getting on for midnight before I went to bed.
- (intransitive) To become old.
- My parents are visibly getting on a bit these days.
- (intransitive) To have a good relationship; to get along.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- “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. […]”
- I wish you and I could learn to get on.
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- (transitive) To commence (an action).
- The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!
Synonyms
- (to board a vehicle): board, climb on, embark, get onboard, get onto, mount
- (to enter a vehicle): board, embark, get onboard
- (to be successful): bloom, blossom, come along, succeed, thrive
- (to become late): get late.
- (to become old): age, become old, get old.
- (to have a good relationship): get along, understand each other or understand one another
Antonyms
Derived terms
- get on like a house on fire
- getting on for
Translations
to board or mount
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to enter (a vehicle)
to be successful
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to progress (with)
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to become old
to have a good relationship
to commence an action
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Interjection
get on!
- Expresses surprise or disbelief.
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