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get along 1. [for people or animals] to be amiable with one another. Those two just don't get along. They seem to get along just fine. 2. to leave; to be on one's way. I've got to get along. It's getting late. It's time for me to get along. See you later. get along (on a shoestring) and get by (on a shoestring) Fig. to be able to afford to live on very little money. For the last two years, we have had to get along on a shoestring. With so many expenses, it's hard to get by on a shoestring. get along (with somebody) (spoken) to have a good relationship My kids and their cousins really get along with each other. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Well, you know I couldn't get along very well without it, darling," responded Dan who, since New Year's, had adopted a new method of dealing with Felicity--whether by way of keeping his resolution or because he had discovered that it annoyed Felicity far more than angry retorts, deponent sayeth not. How could a Presbyterian get along without a devil? He had early learned that it was wise to get along well with sea-cooks, since sea-cocks were notoriously given to going suddenly lunatic and slicing and hacking up their shipmates with butcher knives and meat cleavers on the slightest remembered provocation. |
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