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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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Visiting an Aman is a bit like getting on a spacecraft destined for planet Luxury.
—Vogue, 3 June 2025
YouTube was already thinking about how to get on bigger screens 15 years ago.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 June 2025
And many of those people liked to get on soapboxes and speak their minds.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20on. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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