1
as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on
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2
as in to do
to move forward along a course
find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign
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Recent Examples of get on
Catherine backs people who stay quiet and get on with things.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
Democrats don't want to negotiate until the GOP gets on the same page.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
My mom grabbed her purse and got on a subway to Forty-second Street.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
And yet, the group never quite got on.
—Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
Democrats don't want to negotiate until the GOP gets on the same page.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
My mom grabbed her purse and got on a subway to Forty-second Street.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
And yet, the group never quite got on.
—Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on
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As Owens' family awaited the trial, her four children -- Izzy, Isaac, Afrika and Titus -- had to cope with a life without their mother.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Humor plays a vital role in helping older adults, especially, cope with aging and bereavement, according to new research.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The fact that the President is now signalling a messy retreat has nothing to do with insufficient lethality and everything to do with politics—in particular, the alarm in the global oil markets and the American public’s widespread opposition to the war.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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If a friend volunteers input, accept their assistance with gratitude rather than doing everything alone for the best results.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their relationship enters a dramatic new phase when the latter — also single, barely getting by with ambitions to become a writer — gets pregnant after sleeping with her married professor and decides to keep the baby.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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Especially in the past few years, Gen Z has been flocking to more affordable cities just to get by during the cost-of-living crisis.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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As mission teams progress through the countdown, expect to hear SLS, which stands for Space Launch System, to indicate the rocket.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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There are two types of sleeping sickness, each named after the region of Africa where it was historically found; both progress through two distinct stages.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Surely seventh graders are capable of understanding that people need to get along with one another, rather than living in a constant state of alarm, suspecting that others mean us harm.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Patriarchate's statement said Pizzaballa and Ielpo were stopped while proceeding privately, not as part of a procession or ceremonial act, and had to turn back.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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By the end of summer 2024, there was little more to argue about how a trial should proceed; the judge had already set a trial date in January 2025.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The action then resets with a fresh square, the blocky white elements stationed at different coordinates and ready to march across the plane in a new pattern of recession.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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As the students marched, many drivers honked to show their support.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Breakfast with thick waffles or puffy omelets come with housemade fresh cinnamon rolls the size of a baseball, drizzled with icing.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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But that pact came without the protection of a no-trade clause, and as the Cubs sputtered to a second consecutive 83-win, playoff-less season, the idea of trading a controllable second baseman with the ability to play shortstop to upgrade the roster wasn’t too far-fetched.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20on. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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