get on phrasal verb ( see also ↑ get )
1 . LIKE SOMEBODY especially British English if people get on, they like each other and have a friendly relationship with each other
get on with
I’ve always got on well with Henry.
The two boys get on well most of the time.
2 . PROGRESS to deal with a job or situation or to make progress:
How is George getting on at school?
get on with
How are you getting on with your essay?
get on without
I don’t know how we’ll get on without Michael.
3 . CONTINUE DOING SOMETHING to continue doing something
get on with
Be quiet and get on with your work!
4 . BE SUCCESSFUL to be successful in your job:
You’ll have to work hard if you want to get on.
5 . CLOTHING get something on to put a piece of clothing on:
I can’t get my boots on!
6 . be getting on
a) if time is getting on, it is quite late:
Come on, it’s getting on and we ought to go home.
I realized that time was getting on and we would have to hurry.
b) informal if someone is getting on, they are quite old
7 . getting on for 90/10 o'clock/2,000 etc almost a particular age, time, number etc:
Mrs McIntyre must be getting on for 90 by now.
The total cost was getting on for $100,000.
8 . get it on American English informal to have sex
9 . get on with it! spoken used to tell someone to hurry:
Will you lot stop messing around and get on with it!
10 . let somebody get on with it informal to let someone do something on their own, and not help them or tell them what to do:
She wanted to decorate her room, so I just let her get on with it.