1
as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of get along
From an early age, she was raised to believe in hard work, to get along with others and to make enough money to support herself.
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Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
As in years past, the sound system and my Droid didn’t get along throughout the entire test.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
On the high seas, aboard the Persistent Lady or the Inevitable Conclusion or the Deferential Bottom or whatever the hell this Virgin cruise ship is called, the women are all getting over their fights and starting to get along.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
To add fuel to the fire, Lauryn and Khloe didn't get along, and the latter had a close friendship with Owen.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
As in years past, the sound system and my Droid didn’t get along throughout the entire test.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
On the high seas, aboard the Persistent Lady or the Inevitable Conclusion or the Deferential Bottom or whatever the hell this Virgin cruise ship is called, the women are all getting over their fights and starting to get along.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
To add fuel to the fire, Lauryn and Khloe didn't get along, and the latter had a close friendship with Owen.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get along
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This was big news in an evolving saga of how college athletics departments, facing seismic financial change, would manage to cope with growing costs like revenue-sharing with athletes.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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Past contestants have confirmed that pay increases as the season progresses.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The disease typically appears in mid-adulthood, causing problems with movement, memory, and mood, and usually progresses over 15-20 years.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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What makes addressUSA different AddressUSA does more than guess.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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As the Blue Jays broadcast team stated, the ball bounces in fair territory and then proceeds to go over the base.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Another request from the administration filed earlier this month came with the case of the firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, with the Justice Department asking the Supreme Court to allow her to be fired while the case proceeds in lower courts.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Sep. 2025
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San Francisco got by Sunday with contributions from their remaining three captains — Christian McCaffrey, Fred Warner and Deommodore Lenoir — as well as big efforts from Pearsall, Pineiro and Dee Winters .—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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White played just 29 snaps in the season opener, and the defense got by without him in Miami thanks to backups like Anfernee Jennings, who has fully bought into Vrabel’s program despite being placed on the trade block this summer.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Martha Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and Christina Hendricks watched on as an unexpected guest − a homeless man walking to the show's drumbeat and dangling a cap from his hand − marched down the gravel runway.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Argentine scored twice and grabbed an assist on a brilliant night for Inter Miami, with Baltasar Rodríguez and Luis Suárez also getting on the scoresheet.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the early days of the mall, Gruver and his friends would get on their bikes and cut across then-undeveloped fields to ride to Sunrise Mall.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Something has to give if the Commanders want to keep their young quarterback leading the way for years to come.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Arsenal have been so used to Saka coming inside onto his left foot, so to have a player who is equally capable of driving down the outside and running along the byline is a new threat.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Get along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20along. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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