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 The offensive line has taken its lumps this season, but Denman said the running backs and offensive line are still working together to get on the same page. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026 Obviously, players need to get on base to be more of a running threat. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026 The quickest way to get on new UCF women’s basketball coach Gabe Lazo’s bad side is simply walking around practice. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 The company’s head of safeguards, David Orr, told committee members how Anthropic’s Claude models were able to get on the internet and gain access into three different companies. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on

Verb

Lake County families, like those across the nation, are coping with higher prices for gasoline, groceries, housing and health care.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Adam has always coped with the world by drawing—his artwork on yellow legal pads and sticky notes illustrates the novel—but now there’s a new girl in school who’s praised for her artwork, and Adam feels his identity as an artist slipping away.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

The dark comedy centers on Malina and Viktor, a sister and brother getting by on the fringes of post-Communist Macedonia by pilfering busts of national heroes cast in bronze, along with manhole covers, and selling off the metal.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Oct. 2026
Wildcat Lake laptops like these have budget-friendly starting prices, but often with just 8GB of RAM, which Windows laptops can struggle to get by on.

— Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of get by

Verb

Preparing for the holiday surge Dykes measures progress beyond margins and operating leverage, tracking whether priority customers account for a growing share of volume, operations become more productive, and service quality remains strong.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Among those with type 2 diabetes, 40% progressed from diabetes to prediabetes and another 40% no longer met the criteria for diabetes, according to the researcher.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

The country must still decide whether to proceed with a formal nomination and prepare the documentation required to demonstrate the property’s OUV.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Investigators are examining how a communications-system failure preceded controllers’ approval for a train to proceed despite another train stopped ahead.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

The two candidates finalized the arguments of their campaigns on Saturday, as Lula marched along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, while Bolsonaro campaigned in a key battleground state.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026
Taking their cue from Spaniards, protesters in Lisbon who have been gathering to demand affordable housing are expected to march across the city on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of march

Verb

Food trend experts are betting the coming year will bring it even closer to your stovetop.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026