1.
If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.
The host fears the guests won’t get on...
What are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them?
= get along
PHRASAL VERB : pl-n V P , V P with n
2.
If you get on with something, you continue doing it or start doing it.
Jane got on with her work...
Let’s get on.
PHRASAL VERB : V P with n , V P
3.
If you say how someone is getting on , you are saying how much success they are having with what they are trying to do.
Livy’s getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly...
When he came back to see me I asked how he had got on.
PHRASAL VERB : V P adv , V P adv
4.
If you try to get on , you try to be successful in your career. ( mainly BRIT )
Politics is seen as a man’s world. It is very difficult for women to get on.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
5.
If someone is getting on , they are getting old. ( INFORMAL )
I’m nearly 31 and that’s getting on a bit for a footballer.
PHRASAL VERB : usu cont , V P