get on with (something or someone)

idiom

1

: to continue doing (something)

I didn't mean to interrupt you. I'll let you get on with your work.

You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and just get on with your life.

This introduction is taking forever. I wish they'd just get on with it the play.

2

chiefly British : to be or remain friendly with (someone)

They've never really got on with each other.

Examples of get on with (something or someone) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But unlike Colter, who was determined to get to the bottom of what really happened the night their father died, Dory was determined to leave the past behind and get on with her life… or so we were led to believe. —Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 2 May 2025

The 20-minute work is vivid stuff, inspired by a Czech poem about a woman who tries and fails to get on with her life after murdering her husband. —Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025

How her brand of feminism was the power to get on with it. —Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025

In the meantime, best just forget the gimmicky time-setting and get on with the show. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025