get on with

get on with

English

Verb

get on with (third-person singular simple present gets on with, present participle getting on with, simple past got on with, past participle (UK) got on with or (US) gotten on with)

1. (transitive) To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.

   Turn off the television and get on with your homework.

   Now that the technical difficulties have been taken care of, let's get on with the show!

   I have to get on with my spring cleaning.

   • 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 48-49:

     TfL has more than enough to be getting on with each day without having to chaperone TV crews.

2. (transitive) To have a good relationship with.

   Peter did not get on with his mother-in-law.

3. (transitive) To successfully use or adapt to.

   I just can't get on with these new glasses.

Synonyms

• (proceed with): begin, continue, keep on, get on, proceed, start, commence
• (have a good relationship with): get along with

Translations

proceed with

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: անցնել (hy) (ancʿnel), ձեռնամուխ լինել (jeṙnamux linel) Chinese: Mandarin: 繼續／继续 (zh) (jìxù), 持續／持续 (zh) (chíxù) Czech: dát se do toho, jít na to Dutch: aan de gang gaan met, doorgaan (nl) Finnish: aloittaa (fi), käydä käsiksi French: retourner à German: fortfahren (de), sich begeben (de) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: andar logo com Russian: приступа́ть (ru) impf (pristupátʹ), приступи́ть (ru) pf (pristupítʹ) (+ к (k) + dative case), продолжа́ть (ru) impf (prodolžátʹ), продолжи́ть (ru) pf (prodolžítʹ) (to continue) Spanish: (proceed) hacer (es), realizar (es), proceder (es) con; (begin) comenzar (es), empezar (es); (continue) continuar (es) con, seguir (es) con, proseguir (es) con Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

get along with — see get along with

See also

• get on with you

References

• get on with at OneLook Dictionary Search