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get someone on(to) someone or something to assign someone to attend to someone or something. Get someone onto the injured man in the hall right now. Get someone on the telephone switchboard at once! See also: get get on (in years) to grow older; to be aged. Aunt Mat-tie is getting on in years. They were both getting on in years. See also: get get on (with someone) and get along (with someone) to be friends with someone; to have a good relationship with someone. (The friendship is always assumed to be good unless it is stated to be otherwise.) How do you get on with John? I get along with John just fine. We get along. See also: get get on (without someone or something) to survive and carry on without someone or something. I think we can get on without bread for a day or two. Can you get on without your secretary for a while? See also: get get on someone Fig. to pester someone (about something); to pressure someone. John is supposed to empty the trash every day. He didn't do it, so I will have to get on him. It's time to get on Bill about his homework. He's falling behind. See also: get get on(to) someone (about something) Fig. to remind someone about something. I'll have to get onto Sarah about the deadline. I'll get on Gerald right away. See also: get 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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But she didn't get on very fast, as she was talking all the time, sometimes to the kitten, and sometimes to herself. Suppose, for yourself, the raging, swearing frenzy of the lowest ruffian in England, and let us get on together, as fast as may be, to the way in which it all ended. Folks can be mean enough to get on in this world; and then, ag'in, they can be too mean. |
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