get on with

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

1. transitiveTo proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.

   I have to get on with my spring cleaning.

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   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!

   My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!

   1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77

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

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

   “Never better,” the Raabster spat back. “Just get on with it. What’s the score?”

   2023 April 21, John Crace, “Psycho goes down raging: the liberal wokerati finally get to Raab”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: begin, continue, keep on, get on, proceed, start, commence

2. transitiveTo have a good relationship with.

   Peter is not easy to get on with.

   Synonyms: get along with

3. transitiveTo successfully use or adapt to.

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