GET ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get along mean? 

• GET ALONG (verb)
  The verb GET ALONG has 3 senses:

1. proceed or get along

2. have smooth relations

3. develop in a positive way

  Familiarity information: GET ALONG used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceed or get along

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; do; fare; get along; make out

Context example:

He's come a long way

Hypernyms (to "get along" is one way to...):

go; proceed (follow a certain course)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have smooth relations

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

get along; get along with; get on; get on with

Context example:

My boss and I get along very well

Hypernyms (to "get along" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Develop in a positive way

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up

Context example:

Plans are shaping up

Hypernyms (to "get along" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get along"):

climb (improve one's social status)

leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Some persons need guides, most persons do; but I think I can get along without them.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Staffers who report to you might not get along with each other, or a project may go off the rails, so be attentive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I was going to say that my practice could get along very well for a day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had learned to get along without her.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“I always get along with the officers,” he remarked to me in a confidential tone.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So she took hold of his arm and managed to get along fairly well.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Is the patient argumentative and difficult to get along with?

(NPI - Argumentative and Difficult to Get Along With, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about how difficult problems have made it for an individual to do work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people.

(How Difficult have Problems Made it to do Work, Take Care of Things at Home, or Get Along with other People, NCI Thesaurus)

Esther was a Frenchwoman, who had lived with 'Madame', as she called her mistress, for many years, and who rather tyrannized over the old lady, who could not get along without her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You had better order the carriage directly, my love, said she; I dare say we shall be able to get along, if we set off directly; and if we do come to any thing very bad, I can get out and walk.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)