to get along

Examples

• All

• Why is it sometimes difficult for people to get along with their brothers and sisters?

  Fiction book (2001)

• - If I left here, could you get along without me?

  Of Things Past (2023)

• And it was, it gave us an example of how we need to learn to get along with one another.

• And we can hear you guys fight, and you guys not getting along makes me sad.

  My Adventures with Santa (2019)

• I should be glad that she appears to be happy, healthy, and getting along with her husband.

  Fiction book (1995)

• For two weeks, we can get along without you.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I wondered, for the first time, how Matthew was getting along in the war.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Even for coyotes, though, getting along in winter is not an easy trick.

  Academic text (1991)

• Music just helps me get along, because without music I don't honestly think I'd still be here, really.

  Sound It Out (2011)

• In order to succeed in group projects, students must learn to get along with each other.

Synonyms

D

to do

vsto get along

∞ 1.0

Progress or get along in a situation

emphasizes managing and gradual forward movement rather than mere performance

C

to come

vsto get along

∞ 1.1

Make progress or improve in a situation

stresses handling a situation and making steady forward progress

G

to get on

vsto get along

• UK

418 3.2

Make progress with a project

includes positive development but also everyday coping in situations

A

to advance

vsto get along

382 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

leans more to personal coping and steady advancement in situations

P

to progress

vsto get along

205 2.5

Move forward or get better over time

adds the sense of coping in a situation as well as forward change

M

to make out

vsto get along

• Informal

118 3.7

To manage or get by during a difficult time

focuses more broadly on coping and moving ahead in a situation

F

to fare

vsto get along

108 5.4

To do well or badly in a situation

covers general coping or forward movement rather than wellbeing focus

C

to come along

vsto get along

53 2.9

To get better or improve over time

is wider, applying to both coping and gradual forward movement

S

to shape up

vsto get along

48 3.2

Start to get better and more complete

is about handling situations and keeping progress rather than shaping result

C

to come on

vsto get along

24 3.2

Start to get better

can mean the same but also simply managing without clear improvement

Antonyms

F

to fail

∞ 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

S

struggle

417 3.2

A hard effort to do or finish something difficult

How Well

to thrive

233 3.2

to manage

∞ 3.2

to get along

58 2.1

to get by

128 3.1

struggle

417 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology