GET ON Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

get on

verb

Definition of get on

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on

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as in to do

to move forward along a course find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign

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Recent Examples of get on My sister had been working hard to get her life together and was trying so hard to get on the right path. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Wahsington gets on the board with a 27-yard field goal by Drew Stevens. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026 Special teams is a back end of the roster player’s way to get on the game day roster. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 Infected people get on planes and travel to less monitored regions. — Stephanie Psaki, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on

Verb

The band has spent hours in interviews explaining their comeback story, finding Armstrong (and new drummer Colin Brittain), and coping with the loss of Bennington.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026
My doctor said my body had learned to cope, quietly overworking itself the whole time, which was likely what those stress panels over the years had been picking up on.

— As told to Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

The question of who killed Hal still looms, as does whatever the hell is going on with an allegedly jailbroken Sinestro.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Adding value to raw materials, which South Africa already does to a greater extent than its African peers, is the goal of countries across the continent.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

The first occurred in Monday’s soggy win, as Jones let a bouncing ball in the gap get by him, resulting in a two-run triple.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Adaya Amaya, 47, ran a catering business from her home and now operates a food truck but barely gets by.

— Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of get by

Verb

According to witnesses and emergency dispatch audio, the parents, Nate Geminiano and Karollyn Zepeda, were caught in a backup while trying to get to the hospital when labor progressed faster than expected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Mahomes also went right, progressed through his reads and found Royals in the back of the end zone.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

Also, everyone seems to get along quite well, thanks in part to a weekly poker game that doubles as a bonding experience.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Vampires don’t get along with witches and warlocks — and the fight between them is set to escalate even further across the season.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of get along

Verb

Whatever proceeds Fairlane mall fetches at next month's auction/sale are to be deducted from the $35 million judgement against Kohan and the LLC.

— JC Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The decision will come one day after ballots are sent to voters, whose approval is required for the development to proceed.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

The Knights found their stride after the interception, marching down the field for 44 yards and relying on their ground game, with Watson, Landen Chambers, and Jenkins sharing the load.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
On Thursday, demonstrators, mostly women, in the Ekurhuleni district where the bodies were found, marched in the streets, donning black.

— Rael Ombuor The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026