( especially BrE ) to be nearly a particular time, age or number :
It must be getting on for midnight.
He's getting on for eighty.
( especially BrE ) to be nearly a particular time, age or number :
It must be getting on for midnight.
He's getting on for eighty.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005