to get on

Examples

• All

• How have you been getting on?

  Wicked Little Letters (2024)

• I need to get on with my life!

  Head of State (2003)

• well can we just get on with this meeting

  Frat House Massacre (2008)

• - How have you been getting on?

  Pearl (2022)

• Look, just get on with it.

  As a Prelude to Fear (2022)

• If you really want to help, get on with your mission.

  Hanuman (1998)

• I'll leave you to get on with your day.

  Destination Love (2022)

• Come on, let's get on with it.

  A Christmas Story (1983)

• Let's get to the bottom of this so we can all get on with our lives.

  Goats (2012)

• She has been getting on really well with her new project at work.

Synonyms

G

to get better

vsto get on

573 1.0

To become healthier, more skilled, or more successful

is broader meaning general positive development and making progress

A

to advance

vsto get on

417 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

relates more to natural positive development than to active assistance

P

to progress

vsto get on

209 2.5

Move forward or get better over time

emphasizes satisfactory change and overall positive direction

G

to get on with

vsto get on

168 2.3

Continue doing something, especially after an interruption

applies to general positive development rather than resuming a task

C

to come along

vsto get on

125 2.9

To get better or improve over time

covers broad positive development rather than only single improvements

C

to come on

vsto get on

119 3.2

Start to get better

focuses on general steady progress and positive outcome

G

to get along

vsto get on

27 2.1

Manage or do well in a situation

is used for wider positive development beyond coping or managing

S

to shape up

vsto get on

23 3.2

Start to get better and more complete

is about steady positive development rather than reaching acceptability

P

to push on

vsto get on

21 3.7

Move forward or keep going despite difficulty

describes positive development without stressing determined effort

Antonyms

S

to stagnate

19 6.8

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

How Well

to thrive

241 3.2

to advance

417 3.4

to get on

• UK

279 3.2

struggle

466 3.2

to stagnate

19 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology