get on
verb
got on; got on or gotten on; getting on; gets on
1
: get along
was getting on in years
got on well with the boss
get on with the game
2
: to gain knowledge or understanding
got on to the racket
Examples of get on in a Sentence
despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on
find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign
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Many international trips are booked months in advance, and can be hard to cancel, and so even a traveller who feels antagonized by U.S. policies may in the end get on a plane anyway.
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Josh Holder, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Yankees did get on the board in the seventh inning, as a fielder’s choice off of Aaron Judge’s bat let a run score.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
The agency's account posted footage of agents detaining a group of men who tried to flee, holding them at gunpoint and ordering them to get on the ground.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Hopefully at some point the two events can get on the same page and return the US Open to its place of respect.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Josh Holder, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Yankees did get on the board in the seventh inning, as a fielder’s choice off of Aaron Judge’s bat let a run score.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
The agency's account posted footage of agents detaining a group of men who tried to flee, holding them at gunpoint and ordering them to get on the ground.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Hopefully at some point the two events can get on the same page and return the US Open to its place of respect.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20on. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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