get on

get on

verb

Definition of GET ON

intransitive verb

1

: get along <was getting on in years> <got on well with the boss> <get on with the game>

2

: to gain knowledge or understanding <got on to the racket>

Examples of GET ON

1. <despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on>
2. <find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign>

First Known Use of GET ON

1816

Related to GET ON

Synonyms: cope, do, fare, get by, get along, make out, manage, shift

Antonyms: remain, stand, stay, stop

Related Words: carry on, contrive, scrape (by or through), scrounge; last, survive; eke out, scrape (out), squeeze, wrest, wring; afford, swing

Near Antonyms: collapse, fail, fall short, fizzle, flounder; decline, peter (out), slump, wane; give up

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