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Get On With

Definition: Get On With

Get On With

Verb

1. Have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get On With

Synonyms: get along (v), get along with (v), get on (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Get On With

English words defined with "get on with": collaborate, commence, cooperate, curtlyembark onfull treatmentget over, get togetherjoin forceskit and boodle, kit and caboodleLancashire style wrestlingmasterovercomeshort, shortly, Span counter, start, start up, subdue, surmountTo gain on, To help upwhole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works, works. (references)
Specialty definitions using "get on with": 6502Ada 95, Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface, Altair 8800Back and Edge, BOFH, buffer overflowCONDUCTOR, PASSENGER CARDemon Internet Ltd., demosceneEconomies of size, Excessfat electrons, field circus, fractal dimension, FRYINGGee-up!, Get a real computer!, ghost, Grace Hopperhoney potIBM 1620, Internet Adapterlink farm, Lions BookNSA line eater, ntalkOS/2, OS2Peeping Tom of Coventry, ploktaRam Feast, Razed Shoes, Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, reinvent the wheel, repurchase agreement, ROOSEVELTspace-cadet keyboard, storytariff, Troll-O-Meter, type inferenceUar, U-NET Limited, urban legendwall time. (references)

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Modern Usage: Get On With

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And then my ears, I understand let's get on with it! (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

So, if you'll excuse me, I'll leave and let you get on with your meeting. (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa)

God get on with it and quit your whining already. (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger)

Can we get on with this? (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

Now get on with it. (And Now for Something Completely Different; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Get On With

DomainTitle

Books

  • Stephanie Winston's Best Organizing Tips: Quick, Simple Ways to Get Organized and Get on With Your Life (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Get On With

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Terry. Get on with it, Sgt. Allen.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Get On With

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ireland

The people here do not have the capacity to take them on. We are determined to get on with this and the huge contracts are going to go abroad." This new policy is expected to open the market for non-Irish competitors, as tenders will focus on larger contracts and Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Once a deal is struck in principle, Americans may want to get on with it, while Vietnamese may want to take more time to improve their terms (even if that means delaying the entire undertaking). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Get On With

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gerald Ford

My fellow Americans, we have a lot of work to do. My former colleagues, you and I have a lot of work to do. Let's get on with it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Get On With

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969The time for concerted action is here and we must get on with the job.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Get On With

Expressions using "get on with": get on with smth. get on with you! he is not easy to get on with. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Get On With

Language Translations for "get on with"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

miqësohem (fraternize, hobnob, make friends), kam sukses (arrive, be a success, boom, bring off, click, come across, come along, do well, make a hit, succeed). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏إكتسب منك (get on with you), ‏رضى (accept, be content with, cater for, feed, get on with smth., gratify, please, pleasure, sate, satisfy, tickle, unhand). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

не може да бъде (get on with you, not really). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

談得來 (able to talk to or get on with, get along with), 安身立命 (settle down and get on with one's pursuit). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pokraèovat (carry on, continue, get on, go, go on, hold, keep on, proceed, take up). (various references)

   

French

  

sympathiser. (various references)

   

German

  

weitermachen mit (keep at). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνεννοούμαι (communicate). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kijön valakivel (get along with), halad (cruise, go, go ahead, have way on, head, move, move on, pass, proceed, tend, to come along, to come on, to drift, to fare, to follow in sy's track, to go the pace, to make an advance, to make head, to make headway, to move on, to progress). (various references)

   

Italian

  

intendere (accept, be an expert, be going to, hear, intend, know about, mean, plan, propose). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

付き合う (to associate with, to get on with, to keep company with), 付合う (to associate with, to get on with, to keep company with). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つきあう (to associate with, to get on with, to keep company with). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etgay onay ithway

   

Russian 

  

ужиться (get on, live together), уживаться (get along, rub along). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nastaviti (carry forward, carry on, continue, follow up, go ahead, go on, keep on, keep up, move along, move on). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

llevarse bien con. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Get On With

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-n-o-t-t-w"

-1 letter: whetting.

-2 letters: gothite, hotting, tighten, tonight, wetting, wotting.

-3 letters: ethion, ghetto, gotten, hewing, hoeing, hogtie, tewing, toeing, toting, towing, townie, twinge, weight, whinge, whiten, wigeon.

-4 letters: eight, hinge, ingot, neigh, night, ohing, owing, tenth, thegn, thein, thine, thing, thong, tight, tigon, tinge, tithe, towie, twine, weigh, whine, white, wight, withe.

-5 letters: enow, gent, gien, gone.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-n-o-t-t-w"
 

+2 letters: intergrowth.

 

+3 letters: ghostwritten, intergrowths, interwrought.

 

+4 letters: counterweight, mouthwatering.

 

+5 letters: counterweights.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Get On With


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 74      4F 6E      57 69 74 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01001111 01101110 00100000 01010111 01101001 01110100 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#116 &#32 &#79 &#110 &#32 &#87 &#105 &#116 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 0074      004F 006E      0057 0069 0074 0068

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41718624980257758674

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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