get onverb

• 1

  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.
• 2

  To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.

  • John is really getting on at work.
  • I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on?
• 3

  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?
• 4

  To progress (with); to move forward.

  • Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight.
  • The hour is getting on. It'll be dark soon.
• 5

  To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.)

  • The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.
  • She must be getting on for 65 years of age.
• 6

  To become old.

  • My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.
  • Apollodorus had headed this works for getting on two years.
• 7

  To have a good relationship; to get along.

  • “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. […]”
  • John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.
• 8

  To cope or deal (with).

  • I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.

get onintj

• 1

  Expresses surprise or disbelief.