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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When the comics got on the makeshift stage, hardly anyone was even looking at us.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Koren, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Parker gets a crew together including an old friend (LaKeith Stanfield) and a new ally (Rosa Salazar) to steal sunken treasure coming into New York, getting on the bad side of the mob and a billionaire.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
When the comics got on the makeshift stage, hardly anyone was even looking at us.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
After several relatively normal visuals appear, including Ed at a roller rink and sitting at a diner across two women (both of whom appear to suspect something is wrong with him), the trailer then cuts to Ed getting on top of a corpse.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20on. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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