| 单词 | to get on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get on to get on 1. transitive. a. To put on (an article of dress). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on to do oneOE graitha1375 puta1382 to take on1389 to let falla1400 takea1400 to put on?a1425 endow1484 addressa1522 to get on1549 to draw on1565 don1567 to pull on1578 dight1590 sumpterc1595 to get into ——1600 on with1600 array1611 mount1785 to cast on1801 endoss1805 endue1814 ship1829 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Eph. vi. f. xivv Get on all your harnesse. 1565 J. Fisher Copy of Let. describing Woorke of God sig. A. viiiv Vntill the women had gotten on her hosen. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 130 Get on thy boots, weel ride al night. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 68 Get on your Night-Gowne. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xli. 14) 318 And should not we get on our best [raiment], when we are to come before God? 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 50 It was such an opperation..to get off some of my clothes, and to get on my night-clothes. 1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin III. vi. i. 63 As the vulgar little boys say, Carr has ‘got 'em all on’ to-night, hasn't he? 1985 J. Winterson Oranges are not Only Fruit 77 Get that mac on. 2002 J. Thompson Wide Blue Yonder i. 13 He hopped around the room one-legged to get his pants on, then fell back, oof, on the bed. b. In the perfect (compare sense 33). to have got on: to be wearing; = have v. 6a(b). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (transitive)] wearc893 weighc897 beareOE haveOE usea1382 to get on1679 sport1778 to stand up in1823 take1868 1679 Tryall R. Langhorn 53 He is no Quaker, for he hath got a Perriwig on. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 29 He has got a black Wig on, and speaks outlandish. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxi. 141 A new pair of black-plush-breeches which he had got on. 1865 C. Dickens Lett. (1999) XI. 89 I have got a boot on to-day,—made on an Otranto scale, but not very discernible from its ordinary sized companion. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 240/2 I wanted Fred to ride just now, but he would not. He has got on his ball toggery. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 122 She had got a new cotton blouse on. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock iii. i. 76 He hadn't got a vest on, or a tie. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy vi. 141 Her and Delilah had got the work gear on, and stiletto-tripped down to their usual patch. c. To place on the fire or (in recent use) switch on (a kettle, etc.). ΚΠ 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus June 14 Before the Maid hath got her Kettle on. 1839 Thirty-six Yrs. Seafaring Life 332 We soon lit a good fire not far from the tent, got the kettle on, had supper. 1888 R. Dowling Miracle Gold II. xvi. 56 I've got the kettle on and must run down. 1921 ‘E. Mordaunt’ Laura Creichton (1922) xxiv. 224 I'll get the kettle on and make you some tea. 1990 J. McGill That Rubens Guy (1991) 29 Phil shouted at them to get the kettle on for his shaving water. 2014 L. Bardugo Ruin & Rising 274 ‘You can start by getting water boiling for breakfast.’ Misha nodded once, then jogged back through the gravel to get the water on. 2. a. intransitive. To move or go forward physically, to advance (also figurative). Also: to make haste, get moving. ΚΠ 1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. xxii. f. 55 Blandidon, Pompides, Dirdan, and Francian, had much adoe to get on toward the Cittie, because one of Ristoranos brethren.., had so narrowly beset them in euery place. 1647 O. Sedgwick Nature & Danger of Heresies 23 Though truth gets on very slowly,..yet erroneous and false opinions do break out with ease and spread swiftly. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xix. 64 You do get on at a tearing rate. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 131 Then, prithee, get on—get on, my good lad, said I. 1777 M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 25 The guns got on so slowly that we did not arrive at Brunswick before ten the next morning. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 Apr. (1939) 162 In walking I am like a spavined horse, and heat as I get on. 1891 Leisure Hour Jan. 151/2 Let us get on and lose no time. 1977 B. Bainbridge Injury Time (1978) ii. 23 ‘I must get on,’ said Binny, worriedly, rising from her seat. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 114 ‘Yes, well, must be getting on,’ she said..; ‘things to do, people to see—you know how it is.’ b. transitive. To put on, succeed in acquiring (speed, etc.). Frequently in to get a move on: see move n. 3f. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > put on (speed) to get on1836 1836 Spirit of Times 30 July 187/1 By a quick horse, I mean one that is quick in getting on his speed again after having been stopped at his fences. 1891 Field 21 Nov. 770/1 Their forwards often got on a good deal of pace, but were never really dangerous. ?1973 R. Galton & A. Simpson Best of Steptoe & Son (1989) 131 I've got my horse on a meter outside. Could you get a wiggle on, please? 2005 T. Hafer Split Decision ii. 31 ‘Have a good one, Chop,’ he said. ‘Get your speed on.’ 3. intransitive. Originally: to mount a horse; (also, in sexual context) to get on to a person. Subsequently also: to go on board a railway carriage, tram, bus, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > mount worthOE mountc1330 lighta1450 horse1535 to get up1553 to get on1613 to take horse1617 saddle1834 to saddle up1849 1599 W. Perneby Direction to Death 251 The euill committed in getting wil creepe also vpon those that shall after haue the same in keeping, and being gotten on, it will cleaue so fast to, as neither the receiuers shall prosper with their gifts receiued, nor the things receiued with the receiuers.] 1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (rev. ed.) i. lxviii. 156 Alexanders horse..suffered no man to get-on and sit-him, but his master. 1624 W. Browne His Fiftie Yeares Pract. iv. Then come to him [sc. a colt] and offer to get on, and if hee will stand gently, then goe on as before. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 365 You ride so near the Rumple, you'll let none get on behind. 1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) II. 297 He threw me down again, and committed a Rape upon me; and, as soon as he got off, the Prisoner got on, and ravished me again. 1856 Country Gentleman 2 Oct. 220/2 If he is not inclined to stand for you to get on—make him stand while you get off and on. 1886 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 18 610 Plaintiff called a gentleman to witness that he did get on at Harlem. 1932 Prairie Schooner 6 2 On his thin face was written a fear that the train might start before he had got on. 1986 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 July 30 The bus girl had the final say as to who got on if the bus was too crowded. 2003 E. Gregg & R. Trillo Rough Guide to Gambia 30/1 They don't normally run to a timetable, and passengers can get on or off anywhere along the fixed route. 4. intransitive. a. Of a person: to advance, make progress, or continue in an activity. Also with with (work, a business, etc.). Also: (of a process, a piece of work, etc.) to proceed, progress, develop. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] wadec1374 passc1387 proceeda1393 followa1400 to pass ona1400 to get forward1523 pace1597 step1599 to get on1655 to get along1768 to tide one's way1827 to come along1844 press1870 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > advance or make progress furtherc1200 profit1340 to go alongc1400 to get forward1523 advance1577 proceedc1592 to take or make strides1600 to get on1655 to get along1768 to get ahead1807 to be well away1821 to get somewhere (also anywhere)1923 ramp1980 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xi. 178) iii. 152 This should put us on cheerfully to get on in the work and way of the Lord. 1789 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Jan. 102/2 The putrefaction was getting on so fast at that time, Mr. Read and I had agreed that Mr. North, another surgeon, should be called in. 1798 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 347 The more the work gets on, the better does it please me. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 328 Don Manuel cannot get on for want of such knowledge and of a book of the roads. 1813 T. Moore in Mem. (1853) I. 350 I am more anxious than I can tell you to get on with it [sc. my poem]. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 353 I am getting on with the ‘Book of the Church’. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 446 We began to flench; but..we only got slowly on. 1891 G. Gissing New Grub St. I. iv. 84 ‘What is the matter?’ she began. ‘Why can't you get on with the story?’ 1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 225 A bag of twenty specimens, which I thought was quite enough to be getting on with. 1983 H. Evans Good Times, Bad Times xii. 249 They had grown used to getting on with the job with little guidance. 2002 C. Newland Snakeskin ix. 108 All right, mate. Lemme go and get on wiv my job then. b. colloquial. to get on with it: to continue with one's affairs, to pursue one's course without help or interference; (frequently in imperative) to hurry, get a move on. ΚΠ 1895 ‘A. Hope’ Heart of Princess Osra in McClure's Mag. Aug. 222/2 The Bishop..asked if he were now to perform his sacred duties. ‘Aye, get on with it,’ growled the Lion. 1905 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 450/1 ‘If you will, you will,’ I said. ‘Get on with it then; I'll reach down.’ 1932 R. Fraser Marriage in Heaven ii. vi. 161 I've always just let people get on with it, especially men, if they didn't like what I said or did. 1955 J. Bingham Paton Street Case v. 91 I started out with some idea of serving the community and bunk like that, and now the community can get on with it as far as I'm concerned. 1983 R. Curtis & R. Atkinson Black Adder in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 15/2 King. He shall be struck down. Richard III. Then get on with it, you stupid oaf: there he is! 2000 G. Marinovich & J. Silva Bang-Bang Club (2001) xvii. 245 Joao listened for a while, eventually losing his temper, and told Kevin to ‘Get on with it’. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iii. 48 ‘Well, we all feel like that sometimes,’ said Bessie briskly, ‘but we just have to get on with it, don't we?’ 5. a. intransitive. To prosper, succeed. Frequently in to get on in the world: see world n. Phrases 16c. Also: to fare (in some specified way, or with a suggestion of some success or progress). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > proceed or carry on an action [verb (intransitive)] > be carried on or proceed > in specific way goeOE farec1230 speeda1250 to get on1813 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > proceed or carry on an action [verb (intransitive)] > get on well or badly farec1000 speeda1122 wendc1325 hapc1350 wieldc1384 frame1509 shift?1533 to make out1776 to get on1861 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 192 This poor blighted part of my species, who have neither size or strength to get on in the world. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times I. 115 So it is in society, we labour to get on and become conspicuous. 1797 in Rep. Comm. Secrecy House of Commons Ireland (1798) 21 Aug. App. xxix. 47 He asked the prisoner Matthews, how he was getting on in the company? He said, ‘Very well.’ 1813 T. Moore in Mem. (1853) I. 342 She had to come down and see how her crocuses and primroses before the window were getting on. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 420 Not the way to get on in life, you'll tell me? 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 11 According to promise, I write to tell you how I get on up here. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Apr. 5/2 Mr. Courtney seemed to get on swimmingly till he got to Bodmin. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 124 It used to be said that members of large families get on in the world. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier vii. 145 It is still dimly felt that a Northerner will ‘get on’, i.e. make money, where a Southerner will fail. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. vii. 135 Boys he knew who had called in to see how she was getting on lately. 1971 C. Bell & H. Newby Community Stud. v. 158 Social mobility in Franza proceeds by a kind of spiralism. Individuals must ‘get out’ in order to ‘get on’. 2000 L. McTaggart Being Catholic Today xxii. 194 Nobody gets on in life by blubbering after a bad meeting or refusing to take decisions. b. transitive. To advance a person's interests. Usually reflexive. ΚΠ 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House IV. x. 277 Before your youngest son goes the way of your eldest, think a little of making him do something to get himself on in the world. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. i. 12 It is very uncertain when my interest might have got William on. View more context for this quotation 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 18 Using men as his tools to get himself on. 1914 McClure's Mag. May 194/1 And you learned, somehow, that the thing to do was to get yourself on, get up out of it, make a success of your life? 2003 in R. Bryant-Jefferies Counselling Recovering Drug User viii. 113 Doing things without getting bored by them, studying, getting myself on in life and in work. 6. intransitive. Esp. in the progressive. a. to be getting on for (to, towards): to be advancing towards, coming close to (a certain age, time, number, etc.). getting on for: (followed by a quantity) nearly, not quite (British colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximate to (an amount) [verb (transitive)] to want little (also naught)a1500 to be getting on for (to, towards)1784 touch1851 approach1871 1784 Proc. Old Bailey 15 Sept. 1062/1 It was getting on towards the evening. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 183/1 I was about getting on for twelve when father first bought me a concertina. 1861 Temple Bar 3 145 It's getting on for eleven. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 64 When it was getting on towards gray dawn in the morning, down fell snow. 1892 St. Nicholas Mag. 14 502/2 Lott was taller than ever. ‘He's getting on for six feet’, said Tom. 1892 Rev. of Reviews 15 Mar. 301/1 We have an overcrowded population getting on to 40,000,000. 1908 C. B. Larymore Resident's Wife in Nigeria ix. 149 Our new three-guinea mackintoshes had vanished! This was getting on towards ‘the last straw’. 1931 W. S. Maugham Six Stories 130 ‘You talk as though you were going to live here all your life,’ he said. ‘Perhaps I am,’ she smiled. ‘What nonsense! At your age.’ ‘I'm getting on for forty, old boy.’ 1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 132 I've been coming to these feasts now for getting on for sixty years. 1961 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 May 32/1 Towards the end of a cane season, getting on to Christmas, it was so hot that you used to wish you could work at night instead of in the day. 1985 Listener 6 June 21 (advt.) Gas provides getting on for sixty per cent of all the heat used in British homes. 2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) vi. 114 There were getting on for ten thousand people swarming over the place. b. Of time: to be getting late. ΚΠ 1809 ‘Miss Byron’ Celia I. iii. 33 Time is getting on—you are now five years older than I was when I married. 1855 J. H. Newman Callista (1856) vi. 47 Here the rushing of the water-clock which measured time in the neighbouring square ceased, signifying thereby that the night was getting on. 1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) ii. 52 He took out his watch and remarked that the time was getting on. 1905 H. B. M. Watson Twisted Eglantine iii. 58 Sir Piers, I hope you are come to stay to dinner. The hour is getting on, and we shall be ready soon. 1934 Punch 31 Oct. 500/2 As a matter of fact I'm on my way to buy some lump sugar, and it's getting on. 2003 H. Holt Death in Practice (2004) xiv. 177 Time was getting on and the best charity cards always seem to get snapped up by the middle of November nowadays. c. Of a person: to become old. (a) to get on in years or life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > be or seem old [verb (intransitive)] > grow old oldeOE eldc1175 to fall in (also to) agea1398 forlive1398 hoara1420 runa1425 age1440 veterate1623 senesce1656 olden1700 wane1821 to get on in years1822 senilize1841 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 47 As I get on in life, I find it more difficult to deceive myself in this delightful manner. 1826 Remarks on Exodus Mar. 14 These, with some other vanities and grosser sins, are the pleasures of youth:—as you get on In years, the nature of them changes. 1885 ‘L. Malet’ Col. Enderby's Wife (ed. 3) I. ii. i. 102 As one gets on in years. 1891 Temple Bar Oct. 149 He was getting on in life, whereas his fiancée was not yet twenty. 1957 M. Goudeket Close to Colette xv. 111 As she got on in life, she needed more instruments of control, as if navigation were becoming more difficult. 2003 M. A. Doody in C. Fox Cambr. Compan. Jonathan Swift v. 96 To be getting on in years, plain, respectable, and poor—these are not splendid qualities. (b) Without prepositional phrase as complement. ΚΠ 1862 L. M. Alcott Jrnl. Dec. in E. D. Cheney L. M. Alcott (1889) vii. 141 I felt as if I was getting on... My thirty years made me feel old. 1902 Ainslee's Mag. May 317/2 I'm getting on, Dorothy... I'm forty-one... I've quite a lot of gray hairs. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let i. v. 60 It's a great comfort to have you back, my dear boy, now that I'm getting on. 1972 J. Johnston Captains & Kings 36 One's eyes start playing up as one gets on. 1992 B. Gill Death of Love xx. 271 The old fella's getting on now, and he doesn't fancy splashing out for every new drug that comes on the market. 7. intransitive. To manage with (something regarded as inadequate) or without (something regarded as useful or necessary). ΚΠ 1786 J. Jay Let. 29 Mar. in Corr. & Public Papers (1891) III. 188 It is hard to tell whether your government gets on with one leg, or runs on those of the Executive Council. 1788 European Mag. Oct. 289/2 Even in the Blue-stocking Society, formed solely for the purpose of conversation, it was found, after repeated trials, impossible to get on without one card-table. 1835 J. F. Cooper Monikins II. vi. 104 As for the principles and forms of the monikin law,..I do not pretend that they are faultless;..—but we get on with them as well as we can. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vii. 359 Be a good fellow, and let's try if we can't get on without the crib. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 39 A State may get on without cobblers. 1889 F. C. Philips Young Ainslie's Courtship I. xiii. 173 The universe could get on very well without them. 1915 Irish Times 18 Mar. 4/5 Now that these things cannot be imported, we are discovering that we can get on perfectly well without them. 1942 R. H. Blyth Zen in Eng. Lit. & Oriental Classics xxi. 323 You are only a Jonah, not a captain, and you had better chuck yourself off the ship and see how it gets on without you. 1964 New Scientist 2 Apr. 27/1 The addicts will not be able to get on with just the controlled dosages they receive at the State hospital. 1986 P. Barker Century's Daughter xiv. 248 Not a lisp, exactly, more the result of his missing front teeth. He had some, but he coundn't get on with them. 2007 M. Long Ma, He sold Me for Few Cigarettes (2008) 272 We were happy on our own, but ye took him back. Ye can't get on without him, Ma. 8. intransitive. Of a person: to enjoy or maintain friendly relations or intimacy with (another); (of more than one person) to agree, harmonize, fraternize, or enjoy friendly relations (together). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well) gree?a1513 to get in with1602 cotton1605 to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617 to hit it1634 gee1685 to set horses together1685 to be made for each other (also one another)1751 to hit it off1780 to get ona1805 to hitch horses together1835 niggle1837 to step together1866 to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893 to stall with1897 cog1926 groove1935 click1954 vibe1986 a1805 J. Hodgkinson Man of Fortitude (1807) i. i. 3 They seem determined never to get on with us. 1816 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 101 His manner is brusque and short, and I got on but little with him. 1844 Lady G. C. Fullerton Ellen Middleton (1854) I. 177 We entered into conversation, and got on (as the phrase is) very well. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vii. 380 They get on together delightfully. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 36 You can see for yourself that we shouldn't be likely to get on together. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge II. xxviii, 283 [She] had none of the usual misgivings about getting on with her mother-in-law. 1889 F. C. Philips Young Ainslie's Courtship II. xv. 163 I am an easy sort of fellow to get on with. 1950 K. Ferrier Let. 28 Sept. (2003) iv. 128 He has a nice silly sense of humour and we got on like a house on fire. 1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day v. 324 They got on well together without one vibration of sympathy. 2002 C. Malone in L. Purcell Black Chicks Talking 149 A lot of people say that we're just so much alike, I'm so much like her. Maybe that's why we don't get on? 9. transitive. slang. To lay (a bet) on (a horse, etc.). Also intransitive. Now rare. ΚΠ 1836 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 5 Mar. 20/1 Other parties were anxious to ‘get on’ at this price, but could not succeed. 1863 E. Farmer Scrap Bk. (ed. 3) 53 When a ‘sov’ or ‘fiver’ can be got on, We're game to risk it. 1865 Austral. Jrnl. 7 Oct. 82/2 He will go and try to get a bet on with somebody, for he wants to back the filly. 1906 Minutes of Evid. Royal Comm. Worcester Election 41/1 Yes. I am not a betting man at all, but I could not get a bet on. 1978 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 4 May (Racing) 2/2 Years have passed since I could get a bet on with any of the big bookies without seeing the price assassinated. 2002 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 1 June 3 [He] phoned me from Sweden as soon as the draw was made and said we had no chance, so I've got a bet on with him for 100 kroner. 2013 Racing Post (Nexis) 22 Feb. 98 The Windies are just 4-7 to win the series 3-0 although punters who lumped on them to win December's series in Bangladesh may not be rushing to get on at that price. 10. intransitive. slang. a. To become progressively more drunk; to get drunk. Now U.S. ΚΠ 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack l. 366 They are getting on pretty fast, for Frenchmen haven't the heads for drinking that Englishmen have. 1855 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 10 Mar. 137/1 He sang a song, which showed that he was getting further on; then he essayed to dance, which showed that he was getting drunk. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxii. 283 I don't think there was much water drunk... And the blacks were here too, and, of course, they got pretty well on. 1921 Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang May 40 And while I sat there drinking, getting on a mighty stew, A dead swell dame came in the place and sat beside me, too. 1972 D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White Amer. 66 Gettin' on, reaching inebriation due to excessive drinking. b. U.S. To be under the influence of or stimulated by an illicit drug; to get high. ΚΠ 1952 G. Mandel Flee Angry Strangers 171 You got a couple of joints to take along?.. I know I'll want to get on. Take some pod, Dinch. 1963 M. Braly Shake him till he Rattles (1964) 61 I can't get on with this, not even if I shot the whole piece at once. 1972 D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White Amer. 66 Gettin' on, becoming dazed and intoxicated by using drugs. 1980 H. Huncke in Evening Sun turned Crimson 81 He was anxious by now to get some stuff and get on. 11. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). to get it on. a. To embark on an activity, to get going; to get into full swing; esp. to act or perform music with enthusiasm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously buckle1627 yokea1630 to buckle to1712 square1849 to get it on1954 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1954 Chicago Defender 29 May 2/6 There's no need to wait. Let's get it on! 1956 S. Ross Hustlers 63 Let's get going. Get it on! 1970 J. Grissim White Man's Blues 51 He doesn't give the audience two seconds to comprehend before he gets it on with some great Cajun fiddling and a magnificent gap-toothed smile. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 65 Ah feel sortay dynamic, ken, likesay, ah'm really lookin forward tae this interview. Rents sais: Sell yirsell, Spud, n tell the truth. Let's go for it cats, let's get it on. 1994 Vox July 126/1 As soon as the first track starts, it's very easy to imagine a scene in any Colombian village when the local musos are getting it on. b. Originally in African-American usage. To start, or take part in, a fight or argument. ΚΠ 1959 A. Anderson Lover Man 101 I got you on two counts, so..let's git it on! 1963 Amer. Speech 38 276 In a potential fight situation, one boy can indicate his willingness to have a fight by saying ‘Get it on.’ 1973 H. S. Thompson in Great Shark Hunt (1979) 75 At least 10,000 of them were out there..to get involved in serious violence... Anybody who couldn't get it on anywhere else could always..try to get into..[the] ‘Men's Room’ through the ‘Out’ door; there were always a few mean drunks lurking around to punch anybody who tried that. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxx. 233 Like Tyson, he had no neck. He had a thick body, a thick head, and all of it looked dangerous. He slapped his gloves together. Let's get it on. c. To have a sexual encounter, esp. to have sexual intercourse (with). ΚΠ 1970 ‘S. Forest’ On my Throbbing Engine v. 57 He hefted her weight, turning her over, his weight forcing itself upon her back, eager to get it on. 1971 B. B. Johnson Blues for Sister 31 She gripped him with her legs and they got it on. 1973 M. Gaye & E. Townsend Let's get it On (song, perf. M. Gaye) in Let's get it On (1994) (CD booklet) 8/1 If you feel like I feel, baby Then come on—oh, come on Let's get it on Let's love, baby. 1988 Star (Tarrytown, N.Y.) 12 Apr. 38/1 This one should have been arrested for public obscenity, she was so eager to get it on. 1995 FHM Sept. 59/1 He pretended not to know a damn thing, but a week later I heard through the grapevine that he'd been getting it on with a girl about a foot away from me. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 101 Me and Dean are set rigid in the same position, my feet up on his shoulders, our love-bits touching, not that there's any chance of getting it on now. to get on —— to get on —— Cf. to get upon —— at Phrasal verbs 2 and to get on at Phrasal verbs 1. 1. intransitive. a. To mount (a horse, etc.); to make one's way on to (a cart, train, aircraft, etc.).to get on one's high horse: see horse n. 23b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > mount (a horse or other animal) to win upona1400 worthc1400 takea1438 mountc1540 to get upon ——1561 to get on ——1572 back1594 1572 J. Parinchef tr. Extracte of Examples, Apothegmes, & Hist. 85 He came to the horse, and..he so dealt with him, that in the ende he got on his backe. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. H3v Some got on Rafts..; many strid the mast, But the seas working was soe violent, That [etc.]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 502 When the keeper employeth him [the elephant] in any burthen, hee getteth first on his necke. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 220 He got on Horse-back and departed. 1732 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 18 July in J. Swift Corr. (1965) IV. 45 Get on Pegasus..or mount the white Nag in the Revelation. 1788 Calcutta Chron. 31 Jan. The next day they got on a dung-cart, which carried them 4 leagues into the country. 1826 A. N. Royall Sketches Hist., Life, & Manners U.S. 73 He is too fine to work, to be sure; what would he do, but get on his fine horse and ride about, and smoke cigars. 1868 Our Young Folks Nov. 668 The witch had flown. One morning she got on her broomstick and whisked away to Boston. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 67 I watched my chance..and got on a west-bound freight train. 1896 G. Ade Artie i. 5 If he gets on a street-car where I am, I get off and walk. 1905 E. R. Chudleigh Diary 20 Aug. (1950) 428 Huia was bare-footed..so she got on my back and I carried her with ease. 1944 J. Dos Passos Let. 4 Dec. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 288 When I finally got on the plane it was with the cosiest feeling of having been wined and dined. 1959 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker (1965) i. 13 Mr. Jamieson rode a saddle pony for a few miles then got on the wagon with us. 2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) iv. 108 It was this history that..made Jackie think nothing of getting on his bike and cycling the 72 miles home. b. To convey oneself or be conveyed on to (a place or surface); to move oneself so as to be supported by (a part of the body), as to get on one's knees, to get on one's back. to get on one's feet: to assume a standing position, esp. for the purpose of speaking in public. to get on one's legs: see leg n. Phrases 1b(a). ΚΠ 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime viii. 84 I saued my selfe and got on shoare as wet as a drowned Rat. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 32 Some have used to get on the top of the highest Steeple, where one may view..all the Countrey circumjacent..and so take a Landskip of it. 1669 tr. Duc de Guise Mem. ii. 155 He got on his knees and begged his life. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To get On ones Feet, Se lever. 1704 Nat. Hist. iii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 204 The River Souldier..they say it gets on Land to seek for Water when the Rivers are near dry. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxv. 292 Getting on the roof of the house through the trap-door. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 249 If there be a strong ‘outsetting’ tide,..then get on your back and float till help comes. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) II. 237 Pray observe how I gallop away when I get on smooth ground. 1903 J. London Call of Wild iv. 116 He did not get on his feet again till harness-up time in the morning. 1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy ix. 90 We got on the dance floor just as a Benny Goodman record started to play. 1999 Y. M. Murray What it takes to get to Vegas iv. 67 Told him to get on his knees and beg for his life. c. To enter upon (a subject), esp. by chance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of > begin or proceed to talk of to get upon ——1704 to get on ——1705 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea x. 158 Since we are got on this Subject, I must not forget to inform you that [etc.]. 1758 C. Lennox Henrietta II. iv. iii. 127 Mrs. Autumn had got on a subject which she knew not how to quit. 1833 London Lit. Gaz. 7 Sept. 561/2 Every body talks too much; and when once they get on politics, there is no stopping them. 1868 W. Collins Moonstone I. i. x. 137 He lost his foreign smoothness; and, getting on the subject of the medical profession, said such downright things in ridicule of doctors, that he actually put good-humoured little Mr. Candy in a rage. 1906 J. H. Edge Irish Utopia xxx. 243 He and the good old priest soon got on the all-absorbing topic of the trial, and they talked and re-talked it over and over again. 1940 Proc. 31st Ann. Convent. Rotary Internat. 245 If we get on the question of controversial issues, we immediately take a chance on straining the friendships within Rotary. 2010 Financial Times 31 July 3 When he gets on the theme of statistics and research, Greenspan relaxes and becomes almost expansive. ΚΠ a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 270 This discourse got somewhat on the slave, but not enough to bring him wholly to himself. 3. intransitive. Hunting. To come upon, meet with (an animal or bird). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > find game to get on ——1711 1711 Narborough's Acct. Several Late Voy. (new ed.) ii. 94 I got on him [a Bird] the 11th of July. 1892 Irish Times 27 Jan. We had at last got on the fox that gave three such splendid runs from here to the Castletown country a few years ago. 1992 Alabama Game & Fish Feb. 48M/3 I was hunting a buck once, and I decided to take my rifle and a video camera. I got on the buck and he came in. 4. intransitive. a. To affect (a person's mind, etc.) in such a way as to harass, obsess, or cause to become a source of worry; esp. in to get on a person's nerves (see nerve n. Phrases 4).to get on (a person's) quince: see quince n.1 Phrases. to get on one's tits: see tit n.1 Phrases 1. to get on one's wick: see wick n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 1880 Girl's Own Paper 30 Oct. 74/2 A continual tapping gets on the nerves of others and worries them. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. ii. 127 ‘Never mind Arthur,’ she said. ‘I wouldn't let him get on my mind if I were you, mother.’ ?1972 R. Galton & A. Simpson Best of Steptoe & Son (1989) 25 One cannot undertake creative work with somebody who gets on your threepenny bits as much as he does. 1992 S. Coogan et al. Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word (2003) 14/2 But these people really just get on my breasts. b. U.S. slang. To unsettle, disconcert, or annoy; to reprimand or criticize; to pester. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1904 E. W. Townsend Sure x. 126 Say, dis education game is getting on me, too. 1911 Pacific Monthly June 606/1 This long, dry period is getting on me, sweetheart. I'm losing my nerve—. 1914 Texas Criminal Rep. 69 591 I made some rough talk back to them about getting on me so hot, and told him he was a God dam liar or something that way. 1965 Boys' Life Apr. 21/3 ‘Why's he always getting on me, Al?’ ‘Don't worry about it, kid. Buster needles every rookie.’ 1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 53/2 I was just about to quit the business, too. What happened, my wife got on me. 1991 M. Mantle My Favorite Summer: 1956 v. 83 He never got on me for striking out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] back1697 to put one's money on1847 to put one's shirt on1856 play1858 lump1864 lay1877 stand1877 to get on ——1884 to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892 to go a (or the) bundle on1938 1884 Punch 18 Oct. 181/1 There is all the difference between getting on an ordinary hack and ‘getting on’ the favourite for the Derby. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xxxiii. 270 Get on a winner at forty to one, and you could make as much in one bet as a poor devil of a bookie could in six months, fagging from race-course to race-course. 1909 Times of India 12 Apr. 5/1 The three days' sport have been enjoyed..especially by those who were fortunate to get on the winners ere the bookmakers rubbed the names off their lists. 6. intransitive. To initiate communication by means of (a telephone, etc.). ΚΠ 1916 H. Snowden Marshall: Hearings before Comm. on Judiciary (U.S. House of Representatives, 64th Congress, 1st Sess.) 706 She got on the phone—she asked for Miss Tanzer and my sister answered. 1930 Boys' Life Aug. 46/2 I'll get back to the office and get on the phone. 1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend vii. 217 Somebody must have got on the blower from Bahrein. 1963 Life 19 Apr. 10/1 Every spring I get on the telephone with people who are making syrup. 1987 R. Shilts And Band played On vi. xxv. 250 Gary got on the horn to other people with AIDS. 2011 Private Eye 27 May 26/3 Bibi would get on the blower, and a terrific party would take place that very evening. < as lemmas |
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