to get on
15
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ɑn/
- UK
:
hacerse tarde
- She noticed how the sun was getting lower in the sky as the day got on.
- getting on towards midnight
Examples
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But then like as the day got on, we got like a lot of sales.
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Most people have to get on the internet every day for one reason or another.
Blog text (4) -
So let's get on to this week's data.
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So with that, are there any questions before we get on to the examples slide?
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Let's get on with it.
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We got on the train, found a place to sit, and hastily occupied it.
Fiction book (1996) -
The tendency is to say, "Enough with the preliminaries; let's get on with it."
Academic text (2017) -
"I need to get on home, you know, since you're moving the stables and all."
Fiction book (2000) -
As the afternoon wore on, we realized we had to get on with our work to meet the deadline.
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We had so much to discuss that it was already late by the time we got on with the meeting.
Synonyms
78
1.7
Time moves close to the end of the day or night
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
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 (of time, to become late) uses the idea of time moving forward; when it is 'getting on' midnight the night is moving on toward a later time. So it means 'to move toward a later time'.