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

With phones, keys, multi-tools, flashlights, water bottles and charging cables, the modern trouser and jacket pocket has a tough job coping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
Even hospitals in Aden, where Yemen’s government is based, struggle to cope.

— Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

When the vast majority of minor leaguers never reach the majors, the arithmetic clears only when the terms on the few who do are punitive enough to fund the rest.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
The company has already done this three times with Super Heavy but has not yet attempted it with Ship.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

The popular Carbone’s Kitchen has been operating with a large generator, but most of the smaller shops and service businesses there are trying to get by part-time with smaller ones.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
But war debts, inflation and a temporary stop to profitable trade with the enormous British Empire left Americans scrambling to get by in the 1780s.

— Sandra Slater, The Conversation, 21 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 announcement comes ahead of Alaska’s investor day in Seattle today.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The news comes amid ongoing tensions as the war in Iran persists, with Trump refusing a deal with Iran to open the Strait as recently as Saturday, impacting the world's oil supply.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026