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Get on

verb

Have smooth relations. Synonyms: get along, get along with, get on with.

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.). Synonym: board.

Get up on the back of. Synonyms: bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up.

Grow late or (of time) elapse.

Appear in a show, on T.V. or radio. Synonym: be on.

Develop in a positive way. Synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, progress, shape up. "My plants are coming along" , "Plans are shaping up"

Grow old or older. Synonyms: age, maturate, mature, senesce. "We age every day--what a depressing thought!" , "Young men senesce"

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"Get on" Quotes from Famous Books

... go alone, dear mother, you may be sure I shall soon get back. Craft of all kinds sail one way or another, and there are many ways in which I can get back not thought of in ordinary passage. When any kind of a vessel sails from Jamaica, I can get on board of her, whether she takes passengers or not. I can sleep on a bale of goods or on the bare deck; I can work with the crew, if need be. Oh! you need not doubt that ...

— Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter • Frank R. Stockton

... the way you made your money," a dark-faced, cadaverous man said, "but when you talk, it makes sense. Let's get on ...

— Hunter Patrol • Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire

... able to get on to the route the streets were deserted; all we could do was to admire through the rain the architecture of one of the most beautiful cities ...

— Westward with the Prince of Wales • W. Douglas Newton

... she could even lean forward a little and look over, without losing her head, thrilled with the uncertainty and peril of the adventure. And of course it wasn't as if Rowcliffe had left her standing. He hadn't. He had held out his hand to her, as it were, and said, "Let's get on—get on!" which was as good as saying that, as long as it lasted, it was their adventure, not hers. He had drawn her after him at an exciting pace, along the edge of the abyss, never losing his head for a minute, so that she ought to have felt safe with him. Only she ...

— The Three Sisters • May Sinclair

... without noticing the delicate compliment that the Judge had paid her. In her heart she was really concerned for fear she might not be able to get on friendly terms ...

— The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure • Lizette M. Edholm

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