GETS (ON) Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

gets on

verb

Definition of gets on next

present tense third-person singular of get on

as in copes

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 progresses

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 gets on Kyle says a teary good-bye to everyone, gets on a boat, and is let out in the deep blue water, heading back to civilization, heading over each rocking swell, not into the future, but somehow into the past. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 Twice thwarted, Beth sighs, says yes, and gets on with the business of living. —

Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026 At one point, Bill Walker gets on the phone with someone. —

Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025 Dern defends takedowns at 25 percent, and her comfort level on the ground could be her downfall if Jandiroba gets on top of her every round. —

Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025 But Harold gets on famously with Duke William, at least until the Norman warlord decides to assert his claim to the English throne. —

Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025 Wipe off any marker that gets on the surface on the floor. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025 Bethune-Cookman gets on the board Bethune-Cookman’s offense puts together a solid drive that ends with a 32-yard field goal from Juan Dominguez. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025

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Our awkward hero copes with grief through humor while navigating relationships with her type-A sister (Sian Clifford), her nasty stepmother (Olivia Colman), and, in season 2, a hot priest (Andrew Scott).

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
New secrets about the city’s origins arise, and the social structure struggles as the bunker copes with fallout from last season.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026