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get on

verb

  1. to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc) Also (when preposition)get onto
  2. tr to dress in (clothes as specified)
  3. intr to grow late or (of time) to elapse

    it's getting on and I must go

  4. intr (of a person) to grow old
  5. intrfoll byfor to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)

    she is getting on for seventy

  6. intr to make progress, manage, or fare

    how did you get on in your exam?

  7. introften foll bywith to establish a friendly relationship

    he gets on well with other people

  8. intrfoll bywith to continue to do

    get on with your homework!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. I don't believe you!
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"But I ate it because I was always told to eat what was in front of me, so you just got on and ate it."

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A sign, perhaps, of Russia and America getting on with the business of… getting along?

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When we got on the cover of Spin and they dubbed us “broken homeboys” — I was a little put off by that.

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We got on well and there’s chemistry and we were all committed.

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The crowds got on board with the 'Disco Brits' and their scores began to rise, winning the national championships and placing sixth at the Europeans that season.

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