āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
get on for
/ÉĄÉt ËÉn fÉË/
to get on for
[phrase form: get]
01
āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāĻž
to approach or be close to a particular time or hour
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flight was delayed, and it was getting on for sunset by the time they arrived.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻāύ āϏā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāϏā§āϤ āĻāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be close to reaching a particular number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project deadline is tomorrow, and we 're getting on for 90 % completion.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž 90% āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be close to reaching a particular age
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old oak tree in the park must be getting on for 100 years old.
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āύ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻ 100 āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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