get along

verb

To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.

“Driver, get along there.”

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dofaremake outcomeget along withget on withget onhit it off
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Meanings

verbget along (third-person singular simple present gets along, present participle getting along, simple past got along, past participle (UK) got along or (US) gotten along)

present singular third person gets along · participle present getting along · past got along · UK participle past got along · US participle past gotten along

  1. idiomaticintransitiveoftenTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.

    I wish the kids would get along better.

    1 more example

    She never did get along with her brother.

  2. idiomaticintransitiveTo survive; to do well enough.

    She didn’t have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along.

  3. intransitiveprogressiveTo go; to move; to leave.

    Driver, get along there.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbproceed or get along

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dofaremake outcome
Broader
proceedgo

verbhave smooth relations

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get along withget on withget onhit it off
Broader
relate

verbdevelop in a positive way

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progresscome oncome alongadvanceget onshape up
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develop
Also see
advancecomecome alongcome ondofareget byget onget on withhit it offmake outmake shiftmuddle throughprogressscratch a livingshape up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian понасям се, справям се
  • понасям се (ponasjam se)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • справям се (spravjam se)survive; to do well enough
Catalan dur-se bé, desfer-se'n
  • dur-se béinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • desfer-se'nsurvive; to do well enough
Chinese Mandarin 相處 /相处, 生活
  • 相處 /相处 (xiāngchǔ)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • 生活 (shēnghuó)survive; to do well enough
Czech vyjít, vycházet
  • vyjítinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • vycházetinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • vyjítsurvive; to do well enough
Danish enes (med)
  • enes (med)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
Dutch opschieten, overeenkomen
  • opschieteninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • overeenkomeninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • overlevensurvive; to do well enough
  • doorgaansurvive; to do well enough
  • zich erdoorheen slaansurvive; to do well enough
Esperanto bonfarti
  • bonfartisurvive; to do well enough
Finnish tulla toimeen, tulla toimeen
  • tulla toimeeninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • tulla toimeensurvive; to do well enough
  • pärjätäsurvive; to do well enough
  • selviytyäsurvive; to do well enough
French s'entendre, se débrouiller
  • s'entendreinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • se débrouillersurvive; to do well enough
German sich verstehen, sich vertragen
  • sich versteheninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • sich vertrageninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • zurechtkommensurvive; to do well enough
  • klarkommensurvive; to do well enough
  • zurechtfindensurvive; to do well enough
Hungarian kijön, megfér
  • kijöninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • megférinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • összeférinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • megvaninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • megértik egymástinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • boldogulsurvive; to do well enough
  • elboldogulsurvive; to do well enough
  • elvansurvive; to do well enough
  • megvansurvive; to do well enough
  • előrejutsurvive; to do well enough
  • haladsurvive; to do well enough
  • megyto go; to move; to leave
Icelandic koma vel saman
  • koma vel samaninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
Irish réitigh le chéile
  • réitigh le chéileinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
Italian andare d'accordo, ingranare
  • andare d'accordointeract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • ingranareinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • trovarcisiinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • tirare avantisurvive; to do well enough
  • cavarselasurvive; to do well enough
Japanese 気が合う, 折り合う
  • 気が合う (ki ga au)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • 折り合う (oriau)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • 暮らす (kurasu)survive; to do well enough
  • やっていく (yatte iku)survive; to do well enough
Korean 과/와/ 잘 지내다, 과/와 사이가 좋다
  • 과/와/ 잘 지내다interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • 과/와 사이가 좋다 (-gwa/-wa sai-ga jota)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • 지내다 (jinaeda)survive; to do well enough
Norwegian Bokmål komme overens, fordra hverandre
  • komme overensinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • fordra hverandreinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • holde sammeninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • klare segsurvive; to do well enough
  • overlevesurvive; to do well enough
Polish dogadywać się, dogadać się
  • dogadywać sięinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • dogadać sięinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • radzić sobie finansowosurvive; to do well enough
  • poradzić sobie finansowosurvive; to do well enough
  • ruszaćto go; to move; to leave
  • ruszyćto go; to move; to leave
Portuguese dar-se bem, dar-se
  • dar-se beminteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • dar-seinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • entender-seinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • sobreviversurvive; to do well enough
  • dar contasurvive; to do well enough
Russian ла́дить, ужива́ться
  • ла́дить (láditʹ)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • ужива́ться (uživátʹsja)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • справля́ться (spravljátʹsja)survive; to do well enough
Spanish llevarse bien con, avenirse
  • llevarse bien coninteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • avenirseinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • congeniarinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • ir tirandosurvive; to do well enough
  • arreglárselassurvive; to do well enough
  • componérselassurvive; to do well enough
  • apañarsesurvive; to do well enough
  • valérselassurvive; to do well enough
Swedish komma överens, hålla sams
  • komma överensinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • hålla samsinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • klara sigsurvive; to do well enough
Tamil இணக்கமாக இரு, பிழை
  • இணக்கமாக இரு (iṇakkamāka iru)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • பிழை (piḻai)survive; to do well enough
Turkish kardeşçe yaşamak, iyi geçinmek
  • kardeşçe yaşamakinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • iyi geçinmekinteract or coexist well, without argument or trouble
Ukrainian ла́дити, вжива́тися
  • ла́дити (ládyty)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • вжива́тися (vžyvátysja)interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble
  • справля́тися (spravljátysja)survive; to do well enough
Welsh ymdaro
  • ymdarosurvive; to do well enough
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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