Get on

intj, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Expresses surprise or disbelief.
Verb
  1. 1
    To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle. intransitive, transitive

    "Please get on the bus as quickly as possible."

  2. 2
    grow old or older wordnet
  3. 3
    To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress. intransitive

    "John is really getting on at work."

  4. 4
    develop in a positive way wordnet
  5. 5
    To progress (with); to move forward. intransitive, often

    "It's time to get on with improving quality."

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  1. 6
    appear in a show, on T.V. or radio wordnet
  2. 7
    To progress (with); to move forward.; To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become late in the day. intransitive, often

    "Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight."

  3. 8
    grow late or (of time) elapse wordnet
  4. 9
    To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.) intransitive

    "The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds."

  5. 10
    get up on the back of wordnet
  6. 11
    To become old. intransitive

    "My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days."

  7. 12
    get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) wordnet
  8. 13
    To have a good relationship; to get along. UK, intransitive, often

    "“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”"

  9. 14
    have smooth relations wordnet
  10. 15
    To cope or deal (with). UK, intransitive

    "I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion."

  11. 16
    To commence (an action). transitive

    "The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!"

  12. 17
    To place a bet on. archaic, slang, transitive

    "to get on a horse or a man"

  13. 18
    Synonym of have on.
  14. 19
    To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous. slang
  15. 20
    To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs. slang
  16. 21
    To observe or notice. slang

    "Get on that guy!"

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