GET ON WITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get on with mean? 

• GET ON WITH (verb)
  The verb GET ON WITH has 1 sense:

1. have smooth relations

  Familiarity information: GET ON WITH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET ON WITH (verb)

Sense 1

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 on with" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

On the contrary, I think in time I shall get on with my scholars very well.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Let me get on with my work.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I recall him bending his aching head, supported on his bony hand, over the book on his desk, and wretchedly endeavouring to get on with his tiresome work, amidst an uproar that might have made the Speaker of the House of Commons giddy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was something to see him wedge the foot of the crutch against a bulkhead, and propped against it, yielding to every movement of the ship, get on with his cooking like someone safe ashore.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I wonder if she lives alone except this little girl; if so, and if she is in any degree amiable, I shall surely be able to get on with her; I will do my best; it is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)