get on (sth) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► A2 to go onto a bus, train, aircraft, or boat: » I think we got on the wrong bus.Thesaurus+: ↑Boarding and alighting from modes of transport• • •
Extra Examples:» Pay the driver as you get on.» Show your boarding pass as you get on.» When he heard the news, Simon got on the next train to London.» The old woman had difficulty getting on to the bus.» A lot of people usually get on the train at Cambridge. get on (CONTINUE) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► B2 to continue doing something, especially work: » I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?Thesaurus+: ↑Continue and last• • •
Extra Examples:» I'd better not stop now, I need to get on. get on (LATE) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
be getting on INFORMAL► F0 If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you mean it is becoming late: » It's getting on - we'd better be going.Thesaurus+: ↑Late get on (OLD) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
be getting on INFORMAL► F0 to be getting old: » He's getting on (a bit) - he'll be 76 next birthday.Thesaurus+: ↑Stages of life get on MAINLY UK (MAINLY US get along) (MANAGE) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► B1 to manage or deal with a situation, especially successfully: » How are you getting on in your new home?» We're getting on quite well with the decorating.Thesaurus+: ↑Dealing with things or people , ↑Acting and acts , ↑Coping and not coping , ↑Tolerating and enduring• • •
Extra Examples:» How are you getting on with your essay?» How are you getting on with your new car?» He seems to be getting on well in his new job.» How did you get on with the questions I set you?» I'll have to wait for the results to see how I got on with my exams. get on MAINLY UK (MAINLY US get along) (RELATIONSHIP) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► B1 to have a good relationship: » We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.» He doesn't get on with his daughter.Thesaurus+: ↑Being, becoming friends and getting to know someone• • •
Extra Examples:» We haven't been getting on recently.» It's important that you get on with your colleagues.» Do you get on with your brother?» They got on better when they were children.» He gets on with everyone. get on — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
getting on for UK (US going on)► F0 almost: » He must be getting on for 80 now.» It was getting on for midnight.Thesaurus+: ↑Almost , ↑Merely and barely- ♯ Environments and localities
- ♯ Envy and jealousy
- ♯ Equipment used for cleaning
- ♯ Essential or necessary
- ♯ European politics and government
- ♯ Events and occurrences
- ♯ Evicting and forcing to leave
- ♯ Exaggerating and playing down
- ♯ Exams, tests and exercises
- ♯ Exceptional qualities, things and people
- ♯ Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- ♯ Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- ♯ Exciting and interesting
- ♯ Excluding
- ♯ Excrement and its excretion
- ♯ Exercising and training
- ♯ Exhibiting and exhibitions
- ♯ Existing and being
- ♯ Expensive and luxurious
- ♯ Experienced
- ♯ Experiencing and suffering
- ♯ Experiencing difficulties
- ♯ Experts and specialists
- ♯ Exploding and erupting
- ♯ Explosives