GET ON Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

get on

verb

Definition of get on

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on

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as in to do

to move forward along a course find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign

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Recent Examples of get on The chief lawyer for Florida’s health agency, Andrew Sheeran, got on the phone with Centene’s top lawyer. — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 The Devils got on the board first roughly halfway through the first period, when Gritsyuk beat Logan Thompson through traffic at the end of New Jersey’s second power play of the period. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Some major recipe platforms might be able to reduce the impact by getting on board. — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026 East Central got on the board in the second quarter off of a 9-yard run from senior quarterback Sloan Guillory, but the Hornets trailed the entire contest. — Christina Huang, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on

Verb

With financing costs still elevated, many car buyers are taking on larger loans and extending repayment terms to cope with affordability challenges, according to Edmunds.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Sellers who have the option to pull their listing off the market are generally doing so.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Completing the flight test just weeks after a captive-carry event demonstrated how quickly the program progressed through its testing sequence.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
As work at the track progressed, one urgent mitigation project upriver lagged.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence.

— Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

The two candidates finalized the arguments of their campaigns on Saturday, as Lula marched along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, while Bolsonaro campaigned in a key battleground state.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026
Taking their cue from Spaniards, protesters in Lisbon who have been gathering to demand affordable housing are expected to march across the city on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026