Get Along

Definition: Get Along

Get Along

Verb

1. Proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?" "How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a long way".

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

3. Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up".

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

Synonyms: Get Along

Abrogation

Interjection: get along with you! begone! go about your business! away with!

Ejection

Interjection: begone! get you gone! get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you! go your way! away with! off with you! get the hell out of here!, go about your business! be off! avaunt! aroynt! allez-vous-en! jao! va-t'en!

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Crosswords: Get Along

You guys ought to get along better. (Mah� tsukai tai!; writing credit: Akinori Endo)

You two should get along. (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley)

Don't say anything and we'll get along just fine. (American Graffiti; writing credit: George Lucas ; Gloria Katz)

Well, in a small community, everyone has to get along with everyone else. (Destination Moonbase Alpha; writing credit: Gerry Anderson; Sylvia Anderson)

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

We get along so why can't they? (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182)

Through the good and bad we'd get along (The Last Waltz; performing artist: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK)

And I grew strong and I learned how to get along ("I Will Survive"; performing artist: Gloria Gayner)

Cause females don't get along with other females (Get Away; performing artist: Jade)

How do you think I'm going to get along (Another One Bites The Dust; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: John Deacon)

The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is because they have a common enemy. (references; author: unknown)

Get Along Little Zombie (1946)

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

Books

• Hello Mexico: How Americans Can Get Along & Enjoy Living in Mexico (reference)

• I'm Still Your Mother: How to Get Along With Your Grown-Up Children for the Rest of Your Life (reference)

• Raising a Thinking Child Workbook: Teaching Young Children How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along with Others (reference)

• Teaching Students to Get Along (reference)

• The Treasure Tree Helping Kids Get Along And Enjoy Each Other (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Rainbow Fish - We Get Along Swimmingly (reference)

• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Thomas & His Friends Get Along (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Can't We All Just Get Along [LIVE] (reference)

• Get Along Without You Now (Handbaggers R [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• We'll Get Along Just Fine [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

You get along O.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some young people who take drugs do not get along with their parents. (references)

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

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

Expressions using "get along": get along well with ♦ get along well with smb. ♦ get along with ♦ get along with smb. ♦ get along with smth. ♦ get along with you ♦ get along with you! ♦ To get along. Additional references.

Albanian

përparoj (advance, carry forward, come along, come on, do, do well, flourish, forge, get on, go ahead, go on, make one's way through, progress), përhapem (dilate, enlarge, expatiate, extend, get about, outspread, overreach, overspread, permeate, pervade, proliferate, Ravel, reach, spill out, spread, transpire), largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ‏تدبر (contrive, engineering, get by, meditation, see), ‏سلك (bear, behave, cable, comport, conduct oneself, corps, deport, deport oneself, pursue, service), ‏دنا من الشيخوخة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

справям се (acquit oneself, cope, do well, get through, hold one's own, hold up, manage, refer, shift, shift for oneself, tackle), тръгвам (depart, drive off, get going, get off, leave, pull away, pull off, put, put forth, sally, set forth, set off, set on, set out, shove off, start, wend, wend one's way), карам (auto, cart, cause, drive, have, impel, keep, lead, make, move, oar, occasion, pilot, propel, render, roll along, run, sail, serve, set, set off, start, urge on, wheel), погаждам се (hit it off, hitch, rub along), подпомагам (advantage, aid, back, boost, facilitate, forward, further, help, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support). (various references)

Chinese 

共處 (coexist). (various references)

Czech

pokraèovat se, dařit se (come along, fare, get on, prosper, stand fair, thrive). (various references)

Esperanto

progresi (proceed, progress). (various references)

Finnish

viihtyä (get on, thrive), tulla toimeen (get on, manage), suoriutua (cope with, manage). (various references)

French

s'en aller, se faire vieux (get on with smth.), se débrouiller (get by), se comporter, faire des progrès. (various references)

German

vorankommen (get a move on, get on, make headway, make progress, make-headway, move), sich vertragen (agree, be consistent with, get on, go with), sich verstehen (get on, go without saying, understand each other), sich einrichten (furnish one's house, get by, settle). (various references)

Greek 

τα πηγαίνω καλά με (get along with), τα πάω καλά με (get along with, get on with 1, get on with 2). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תק�"ם (advance, come along, cover ground, gain ground, get on, go ahead, move along, onward, proceed, progress, set on, work up to), ל�"צליח (get ahead, get through, make good, make the grade, manage, prosper, pull through, succeed, swing, thrive, win, win out), ל�"סת�"ר (be arranged, be organized, get by, make out, manage). (various references)

Hungarian

eljuttat (send). (various references)

Italian

andarsene (absent, absent onself, buzz off, depart, go, go away, leave, Sally). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

暮らす (to get along, to live). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すます (look prim, put on airs, to be unruffled, to clear, to conclude, to finish, to get along, to get it over with, to look demure, to look unconcerned, to make clear, to pay back, to settle), おれあう (to come to an agreement, to compromise, to get along with, to make concessions), きがあう (to get along), なれあう (to become intimate, to collude, to conspire, to establish a secret liaison, to get along well with, to make friends with), くらす (to get along, to live), うまのあう (to get along well with). (various references)

Manx

goll er y hoshiaght, goll er oaie (forwardness, go forward, move forward, moving along). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay alongay

Portuguese

suceder (arrive, befall, betide, chance, come about, cut in, ensue, eventuate, happen, intervene, occur, pass off, succeed, transpire), progredir (advance, come on, develop, gain, make headway, make progress, move, progress, prosper), lidar (coping, fight, labor, labour, struggle, toil). (various references)

Romanian

slãbeşte-mã (do me a favor, do me a favour, get along with you, shut up, tell that to the marines), progresa (advance, come along, come on, develop, gain, get along with, improve, make, make head, make progress, make way, move), cautã-ţi de drum (go your way). (various references)

Russian 

уживаться (get on with, rub along). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sporazumeti se (come to terms), složiti (agree, arrange, fold, pile, put together, set, stack), napredovati (advance, get on, move on, move up, progress, prosper, push on, thrive). (various references)

Spanish

seguir andando (walk on), quedar bien, poder arreglárselas, irse caminando (get out, go down, lap over, walk away, walk off), irse (be behind, collapse, depart, disappear, escape, fade, fail, follow, go, go for, leave, let off, make tracks, pass away, pursue, run after, walk), ir bien (belong), ir (be, be almost, be behind, bet, blab, chase after, collapse, die out, discard to, drag on, escape from, exist, fail to, fart, fit, follow, get at, get round, go, going, head, lead, lose, pass, pass away, pass by, pursue, run after, run away, run for, slip down, suit, to go, walk), arreglarse (adapt, come to terms, fend for oneself, freshen oneself up, freshen up, get by, make out, make shift, manage, posh oneself up, preen, prim oneself up, shake down, smarten, smarten up, tidy, tidy up, titivate, trim up, work out), andar (carry, come off, footing, function, get up, go, go about, go around, hang about, hang around, home in on, lark, live, pad, perambulate, stroll, tough, tramp, trip, walk, wend one's way), adelantarse (advance, cover ground, draw away, get ahead, go on ahead, go on before). (various references)

Swedish

klara sig (do, fare, get by, last, make out, manage, pull, rub along, shift). (various references)

Turkish

geçinmek (earn a living, get along with, getting on with, go along, handle, make a living, make both ends meet, make out, manage, rub along, subsist, support oneself), yetmek (answer, cover, last, see through, serve, stretch, suffice, touch), yeterli olmak (hold out, suffice), uyuşmak (agree, align oneself with, become numb, click, concur, dovetail, fall in with, get along with, go to sleep, jibe, lull, mix, run in with, sort together, square with, suit, tone, understand each other), iyi geçinmek (get along with, keep in with, stand in with), ilerlemek (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, go ahead, go along, go forward, go on, improve, keep going, make headway, make one's way, make progress, move, move on, proceed, progress, push on, run on), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, run on, stand, stand to), anlaşmak (agree, bargain, be in rapport with, close, come to an agreement, come to terms, compound, compromise, concert, conspire, cotton, covenant, fix on, fix up on, get along with, getting on with, go along, hit it off with smb., keep in with, make a bargain, reach an agreement, settle, settle with, strike a bargain). (various references)

Ukrainian

жити (bide, exist, fare, live, sleep together, tick), прожити (outlast). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: agelong, tangelo.

-2 letters: etalon, gelant, gelato, goglet, legato, legong, tangle, toggle, tolane.

-3 letters: agent, aglet, agone, alone, along, angel, angle, anole, atone, genoa, glean, gloat, laten, leant, lento, logan, longe, notal, oaten, talon, tango, togae, tolan, tonal, tonga.

-4 letters: aeon, agog, agon, aloe, alto, ante, egal, elan, enol, etna, gaen, gage, gale, gane, gang.

+2 letters: elongating.

+3 letters: genealogist, goaltending.

+4 letters: agglutinogen, angelologist, ganglionated, genealogists, goaltendings, halogenating, snaggletooth, waterlogging.

+5 letters: agglomerating, agglomeration, agglutinogens, aggregational, angelologists, outgeneraling, protolanguage, woolgathering.