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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well" [syn: get along with, get on with, get on, get along]
2: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: board, get on] [ant: get off]
3: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out]
4: grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight-- let's all go to bed!"
5: appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight" [syn: get on, be on]
6: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
7: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-- what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn: senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate]

Merriam Webster's

I. phrasal 1. to produce an unfortunate effect on ; upset <the noise got on my nerves> 2. to criticize insistently <the fans got on him for losing the game> II. intransitive verb Date: 1816 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>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them. The host fears the guests won't get on... What are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them? = get along PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, V P with n 2. If you get on with something, you continue doing it or start doing it. Jane got on with her work... Let's get on. PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, V P 3. If you say how someone is getting on, you are saying how much success they are having with what they are trying to do. Livy's getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly... When he came back to see me I asked how he had got on. PHRASAL VERB: V P adv, V P adv 4. If you try to get on, you try to be successful in your career. (mainly BRIT) Politics is seen as a man's world. It is very difficult for women to get on. PHRASAL VERB: V P 5. If someone is getting on, they are getting old. (INFORMAL) I'm nearly 31 and that's getting on a bit for a footballer. PHRASAL VERB: usu cont, V P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) Put on, draw on. II. (Neuter.) Proceed, progress, advance, get along, get ahead, get forward.

Moby Thesaurus

achieve success, advance, age, arrive, assume, back, be a success, be getting along, be so, be such, bestraddle, bestride, board, break through, buzz off, change, cheat the undertaker, clear, clear the hurdle, climb on, come along, come away, come on, come out, come through, contrive, cut a swath, cut the mustard, decline, depart, do, do well, dodder, don, draw on, dress in, engineer, enjoy prosperity, exit, fade, fail, fare, farewell, gang along, get ahead, get along, get away, get by, get in, get into, get off, get on swimmingly, get on well, get there, get under way, go, go aboard, go along, go away, go far, go off, go on, go on board, go on with, go places, go well, grow old, hack it, hang in, hang tough, have it made, hop in, jump in, keep at it, leave, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make headway, make it, make out, make progress, make the grade, make the scene, manage, manage somehow, march, march off, mosey, mount, move, move away, move off, move out, muddle through, negotiate, never say die, persevere, persist, pile in, proceed, progress, prosper, pull out, put on, put over, put through, rise, sashay, sashay off, scrape along, see it through, shake, shape up, shrivel, sink, slip on, stack up, stagger, stagger along, stick it out, stick to it, succeed, succeed in, survive, swing, swing the deal, take flight, take wing, throw, toddle along, totter, turn gray, turn out, turn out well, turn white, up and go, wane, waste away, wing it, wither, wizen, worry along, wrinkle