get on for
get
gɛt
get
on
ɑ:n
aan
for
fɔ:r
fawr
/ɡɛt ˈɒn fɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get on for"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to get on for
[phrase form: get]
01

āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to approach or be close to a particular time or hour
to get on for definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flight was delayed, and it was getting on for sunset by the time they arrived.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϘāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be close to reaching a particular number
to get on for definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project deadline is tomorrow, and we 're getting on for 90 % completion.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž 90% āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be close to reaching a particular age
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old oak tree in the park must be getting on for 100 years old.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ“āĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāχ 100 āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ