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🚌 To board (transport) 📈 To make progress 🚴 To climb onto 📺 To appear (media) 🤝 To be friendly 👴 To age ⏰ To become late
to get on

to get on

418 3.2
Make progress with a project
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt ɑn/
  • UK
: progresar
  • We gotta get on.
  • get on well
  • get on with life

How do you see us getting on on track, getting back on track?

Examples

Synonyms

to get better
vsto get on
873 1.0

To become healthier, more skilled, or more successful

is broader meaning general positive development and making progress
to advance
vsto get on
382 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

relates more to natural positive development than to active assistance
to get on with
vsto get on
229 2.3

Continue doing something, especially after an interruption

applies to general positive development rather than resuming a task
to progress
vsto get on
205 2.5

Move forward or get better over time

emphasizes satisfactory change and overall positive direction
to get along
vsto get on
58 2.1

Manage or do well in a situation

is used for wider positive development beyond coping or managing
to come along
vsto get on
53 2.9

To get better or improve over time

covers broad positive development rather than only single improvements
to shape up
vsto get on
48 3.2

Start to get better and more complete

is about steady positive development rather than reaching acceptability
to push on
vsto get on
42 3.7

Move forward or keep going despite difficulty

describes positive development without stressing determined effort
to come on
vsto get on
24 3.2

Start to get better

focuses on general steady progress and positive outcome

Antonyms

to stagnate
18 6.8

To stop growing or changing and stay the same, like water in a pond

How Well

to thrive
233 3.2
to advance
382 3.4
to get on
  • UK
418 3.2
struggle
417 3.2
to stagnate
18 6.8

Surface Forms

get on infinitive
getting on present participle
gets on third person singular
got on past
got on past participle

Morphology

get + on

The meaning 'to board' is directly compositional from 'get' (to move/arrive/enter) plus the locative/onto sense of 'on', so a learner who knows both words can infer entering or boarding a vehicle. This verb+particle pattern is frequent in English and has clear parallels in other languages, making it readily understandable at B1.

Etymology

Get on (to make progress) comes from starting work and moving forward with it; you 'get on' with a job or project and it moves ahead. So it means 'to develop' or 'make progress'.