GETTING ON Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

getting on

verb

Definition of getting on next

present participle of get on

as in coping

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 progressing

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 getting on The public ferry contains a ramp, but wheelchair users arriving by the small guest-only boats will need assistance getting on and off. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026 That offense, timely hitting, finding ways to score runs, whether that’s the long ball or walks, getting on base and driving them in. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 In the opposite dugout, life has become difficult for Frankfurt’s head coach, Albert Riera, who is not getting on at all well with the German media. —

Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 3 May 2026 Hilda looks wistfully into the distance and says that, right about now, Mother Mary will be getting on stage. —

Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 Let’s make another record, because T Bone and I were getting on well, and all his people who worked there, the engineers and everything, were doing a great job. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026 One incident turned into a crowd of people blocking and getting on top of a Metro bus, preventing it from moving and trapping Metro maintenance workers who were inside. —

Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 Beepers going off, getting on jets, going here and there, the whole thing, then coming back and spending three or four days writing the script, and then going to the screenings, and then starting it all over again. —

Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026 The two had separate paths into getting on the show. —

Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026

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It’s been a tough week for Braves fans and the Braves organization, coping with the deaths of former team owner Ted Turner on Wednesday, then legendary manager Bobby Cox on Saturday.

— AJC Sports, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
Instead, there is coping and emotional growth for these figures, who, in the third act, provide their elders with an opportunity to come to terms with their own preoccupations and pasts.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026