get on
get
gɛt
get
on
ɑn
aan
/ɡɛt ˈɒn/

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

01

āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to enter a bus, ship, airplane, etc.
Transitive: to get on a means of transportation
to get on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She got on the train for her daily commute.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻžāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ⧇ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to have a good, friendly, or smooth relationship with a person, group, or animal
Intransitive: to get on | to get on with sb
to get on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The children are getting on better now that they've resolved their differences.
āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to have or approach old age
Intransitive
to get on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He noticed that his hair was turning gray, a clear sign that he was getting on.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to develop or perform in a positive or successful way
Intransitive: to get on in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her career in marketing has been getting on smoothly, and she's earned several promotions.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āϏ⧁āϚāĻžāϰ⧁āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻā§‹āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make an appearance as a performer or guest in a show, on television, or on the radio
Transitive: to get on a show or program
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's been trying to get on a radio program to promote his new book.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to mount on the back of a vehicle or animal, such as a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle
Transitive: to get on animal or vehicle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to get on the bicycle without falling.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ⧇ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of time) to pass and progress
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the hours got on, they realized they needed to finish the project.
āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to continue or begin a task, journey, or project
Intransitive: to get on | to get on with a task or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the break, they got on with the meeting as planned.
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
09

āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach great success, particularly in one's career or life
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive: to get on | to get on in one's career or life
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He aspired to get on in life and achieve financial stability for his family.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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