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Definition: Get On With |
Get On WithVerb1. 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 WithSynonyms: get along (v), get along with (v), get on (v). (additional references) |
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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) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Terry. Get on with it, Sgt. Allen.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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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) |
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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. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | The time for concerted action is here and we must get on with the job. |
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Expressions using "get on with": get on with smth. ♦ get on with you! ♦ he is not easy to get on with. Additional references. | |
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| 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 ужиться (get on, live together), уживаться (get along, rub along). (various references) nastaviti (carry forward, carry on, continue, follow up, go ahead, go on, keep on, keep up, move along, move on). (various references) llevarse bien con. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 74      4F 6E      57 69 74 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01001111 01101110 00100000 01010111 01101001 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e t   O n   W i t h |
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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