Get On

Definition: Get On

Get On

Verb

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

2. Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.).

3. Get on the back of; "mount a horse".

4. Grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!".

5. Appear in a show, on T.V., radio, etc.; "The news won't be on tonight".

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

7. Grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!".

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

Synonyms: Get On

Mediocrity

Verb: jog on; go fairly, go quietly, go peaceably, go tolerably, go respectably, get on fairly, get on quietly, get on peaceably, get on tolerably, get on respectably.

Prosperity

Rise in the world, get on in the world; work one's way, make one's way; look up; lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune, feather one's nest, make one's pile.

Punctuality

Phrase: touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the station.

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 On

You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you! (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele)

I didn't get on Cathy last night. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

Are you saying you wouldn't want to get on Isla Sorna and study them if you had the chance? (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman)

It seemed a bit crazy to me, but I let them got on with that what they wanted to get on with. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

Bernstein, why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another? (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANNA GET ON DOWN (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

Get on my knees for you (Cry For You; performing artist: Jodeci)

Its a fact, once you get on board (Life Goes On; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes)

I can get on the telephone and call you up baby, and (Sexual Healing; performing artist: MARVIN GAYE)

When you get on my nerves like you do (Pink Cadillac; performing artist: Natalie Cole)

Get on the Bus (1996)

Please? Can We Get On Now (1980)

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

Books

• Land of the free: a guide to the things in this land that are free, near free or which you can get on decidedly favourable terms (reference)

• The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth Ignore Wall Street and Get on With Your Life (reference)

• Acquiring New ID : How To Easily Use The Latest Technology To Drop Out, Start Over, And Get On With Your Life (reference)

• Get on the Ball: Develop a Strong, Lean and Toned Body with an Exercise Ball (reference)

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

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Get on the Bus (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still (reference)

• Get on With Your Short Life [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

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

On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless family of seven, walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona, where they picked cotton. Bound for San Diego, where the father hopes to get on the relief because he once lived there. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Passengers waiting to get on the Greyhound bus at Rome, Georgia. Most of them only travel a short distance, having come in from nearby farms to shop, etc. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Got to get on my feet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

Trade

Argentina

For more information and to get on their mailing list, log on to www.exim.gov to fill out an information form. (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.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "get on": get on a bicycle ♦ get on a ship ♦ get on board before the train leaves the station ♦ get on fairly ♦ get on famously with smb. ♦ get on for ♦ get on his nerves ♦ get on in years ♦ get on nerves ♦ get on one's feet ♦ get on one's high horse ♦ get on one's legs ♦ get on one's nerves ♦ get on peaceably ♦ get on quietly ♦ get on respectably ♦ get on smb.'s nerves ♦ get on the bandwagon ♦ get on the blower to smb. ♦ get on the bus ♦ get on the gravy train ♦ get on the horse ♦ get on the inside ♦ get on the scent ♦ get on the shelf ♦ get on the sidetrack ♦ get on the trail ♦ get on the waggon ♦ get on the wagon ♦ get on to ♦ get on to smb. ♦ get on tolerably ♦ get on well ♦ get on well together ♦ get on well with smb. ♦ get on with ♦ get on with smth. ♦ get on with you! ♦ get on without smb. ♦ get on without smb. or smth. ♦ he is not easy to get on with ♦ to get on. Additional references.

Albanian

vë (apply, attach, contract, deposit, direct, establish, get in, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), përparoj (advance, carry forward, come along, come on, do, do well, flourish, forge, get along, go ahead, go on, make one's way through, progress), hipi në, arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, 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 

‏نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), ‏نجح (achieve, arrive, bring off, click, flourish, get through, go off well, make, make a go of it, make efficient, make good, make out, make the grade, manage, pan, pan out, pass, prosper, pull off, pull through, succeed, thrive, triumph, win out, work it), ‏حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, fulfill, implement, inquire, obtain, prize, probe, produce, quest, realize, search closely, see, slate, take, work out), ‏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 along, get forward, 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), ‏تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, pursue, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, sub, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under one's thumb, underlying, urge, vassal), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успявам (answer, be in time for, hack, make out, manage, pan out, pull off, succeed, win through), разбирам се (converse), качвам се на, качвам се (board, climb, come up, get up, go up, kite, step on), обличам (accouter, accoutre, attire, clothe, coat, deck, dress, dress up, endue, garb, garment, gird, habit, invest, pull on, pull over, put on, rig, rig out, rig up, robe, tire, vest, vesture), напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push, push forward, push on, push up, roll, walk). (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), 上車 (to get on or into). (various references)

Czech

pokraèovat (carry on, continue, get on with, go, go on, hold, keep on, proceed, take up), obléci se (dress up, pit one's clothes on), nastoupit (board, commence, fall in, get in, light upon, re-enter, succeed), mít se, dařit se (come along, fare, get along, prosper, stand fair, thrive). (various references)

Finnish

viihtyä huonosti (be uncomfortable, not feel at home), viihtyä (get along, thrive), tulla toimeen (get along, manage), pärjätä (cope, do well, manage), päästä esille (be brought out, stand out), edistyä (advance, get on in the world, improve, proceed, progress). (various references)

French

réussir (get, get ahead, get through), réaliser (get hold of), progresser (get along, get forward), prendre (get), poursuivre, monter (get in, get into, get into a car), faire du progrès, continuer (get going). (various references)

German

zurechtkommen (come in time, cope, make out, manage), vorwärtskommen (advancement, get ahead, make progress, make-progress, progress), vorankommen (get a move on, get along, make headway, make progress, make-headway, move), sich vertragen (agree, be consistent with, get along, go with), sich verstehen (get along, go without saying, understand each other), einsteigen (board, clamber in, climb in, enter, entrain, get in, get into a car, go into, jump on, pile in, to get in), besteigen (ascend, ascension, board, climb, cover, enter, go aboard, Mount, scale, tread, walk, walk upon), auskommen (come out, get by, manage, manage with, manage-with), aufsteigen (ascend, ascension, be promoted, bubble up, climb, climb up, fume, gather, go up, jump on, Mount, move up, raise, rise, rise up, soar, soar up, to arise, to arise (arose, to ascend, to mount, to soar, tower), anziehen (adjust, allure, apply, attract, be popular, boom, clothe, draw, draw up, dress, hardness, jerk, make the first move, pull, pull in, pull tight, put on, rise, screw up, set out, shove on, start moving, start pulling, tighten, to attract, to dress, to tog, tug, wear). (various references)

Greek 

προχωρώ (advance, go ahead, go along, go on, move on, proceed, progress), ανεβαίνω (ascend, climb, climb up, come in, come up, go up, mount, rise). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תק�"ם (advance, come along, cover ground, gain ground, get along, go ahead, move along, onward, proceed, progress, set on, work up to). (various references)

Hungarian

felszáll (ascend, go up, lift, lift off, soar, take off, take to, to ascend, to board, to clear away, to get off the ground, to hop off, to lift off, to puff up, to shoot up, to soar, to take to the air), fellép (to come before the foot-lights, to come into play, to get on, to go on the boards, to step up), beszáll (fly in, get in, to board, to embark, to get in, to go aboard, to step in). (various references)

Italian

salire (advance, arise, ascend, climb, come up, flood, get, get up, go, go up, lift, Mount, ride up, rise, to go up), progredire (advance, gain, improve, make progress, proceed, progress), montare (assemble, blow up, climb, come up, cover, edit, exaggerate, fit, get big-headed, go up, Mount, mount on, pitch, put together, ride, rise, set, to assemble, whip, whisk), ingranare (be in gear, engage, interlock, put into gear), inforcare (fork, pitchfork), andare (be, be in, drive, fare, get, go, go by, going, like, ride, run, run along, step, to go, travel, tread, walk, work). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乗る (to board, to get, to get on, to mount, to ride in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さかりがつく (to get on heat, to rut), うまがあう (to get on well), のっかる (to get on), のりくむ (to get on aboard, to join a ship), のりかかる (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), のりかける (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), のる (to appear, to be found in, to be in harmony with, to be mentioned in, to be recorded, to be taken in, to board, to feel like doing, to get on, to get up on, to join, to mount, to ride in, to share in, to spread), つきあう (to associate with, to get on with, to keep company with), ゆうえいじゅつ (how to get on in life), � �"にのぼる (to get on the platform). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay onay

Portuguese

ter sucesso (arrive), subir em (get into). (various references)

Romanian

se împãca (bury the hatchet), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), înainta (advance, enter, forward, gain, go onward, make head, march on, move, prefer, present, progress, promote, refer, remit, send, submit). (various references)

Russian 

ужиться (get on with, live together), взбираться (climb, get up, swarm up), надевать (dress up, put on), преуспевать (do first-rate, do well, gain ground, get along, go to town, make a go of it, make good, make headway, pan out, prosper). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaći (enter, go behind, go down, round, set), sesti (get into, sit down, take a seat), napredovati (advance, get along, move on, move up, progress, prosper, push on, thrive), ići (gang, go, go by, mosey, redound, tread in, truck, walk, wend). (various references)

Spanish

tener éxito (be successful, come off, make the grade, pan out, score, succeed, take, win, win out), subir de (amount to, climb, Mount, scale, set in, up), subir a (accede, ascend, board, climb, come up to, get into, hop on, scale), seguir a (jolly, last, push, remain, trail), progresar (advance, develop, get ahead, progress, progression), ponerse encima, ponerse en cima, ponerse (attitudinize, become, begin, come over, commence, Don, draw on, dress, garb, get, get down, get dressed, get into, go, go down, go in, gown, grow, jump on, live, pose, pull on, put forward, put on, put on airs, put oneself, slip on, start, tag on, throw on, turn, turn about, turn around, up, wax, wear), poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, give, give in, impawn, impose, inclose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put down, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, throw in, translate, turn on, wear), hacer progresos (come along, improve, jog, progress), hacer éxito, congeniar (harmonize, hit it off). (various references)

Swedish

trivas (feel at home, flourish, prosper, thrive). (various references)

Turkish

doğrulmak (flatten out, straight oneself up, straighten, straighten up), binmek (board, hop on, Mount, ride, sit), ayağa kalkmak (alight on one's feet, arise, rise, stand, stand up). (various references)

Turkmen 

mьnmek (board, mount). (various references)

Ukrainian

надівати (clasp, put on, robe, settle, tog), залазити, просуватися (advance, ascend, better oneself, carry forward, corkscrew, go forward, set on). (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gent, gone, note, tone, tong.

-2 letters: ego, eng, eon, gen, get, got, net, nog, not, one, teg, ten, toe, tog, ton.

-3 letters: en, et, go, ne, no, oe, on, to.

+1 letter: cogent, gentoo, gotten, toeing, tonged, tonger, tongue.

+2 letters: coagent, cognate, congest, emoting, genitor, gentoos, ingoted, lentigo, longest, magneto, megaton, mitogen, montage, negaton, negator, onstage, outgone, rontgen, tangelo, tangoed, thonged, tongers, tongmen, tongued, tongues, tonnage, toughen, vetoing.

+3 letters: autogeny, begotten, boughten, burgonet, coagents, cogently, cognates, congests, coveting, cytogeny, demoting, denoting, detoxing, devoting, dragonet, egestion, elongate, escoting, estragon, estrogen, foughten, frontage, gantlope, gelation, gemstone, genitors, genotype, gerontic, gonocyte, heptagon, histogen, jelutong, legation, lodgment, longtime, magneton, magnetos, megatons, mitogens, montaged, montages, negation, negatons, negators, negatron, nitrogen, nonguest, octangle, ontogeny, outgiven, outrange, oxtongue, pathogen, pentagon, revoting, roentgen, rontgens, songfest, songster, stegodon, stronger, sturgeon, tangelos, telegony, tenoning, tetragon, theogony, thronged, tokening, tonnages, toughens, toweling, towering, trudgeon, ungotten, wrongest, youngest, zygotene.