get on (sth)
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
A2 to go onto a bus, train, aircraft, or boat:
I think we got on the wrong bus.
More 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
- aboard
- alight
- bestride
- board
- climb
- debark
- deplane
- disembark
- dismount
- eject
- embark
- get
- get off (sth)
- get out
- hop
- in
- mount
- settle
- straddle