get on (someone or something)

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get on (someone or something)

1. To board something. I think we need to get on the express train.
2. To help someone to board something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "on." Will you get Uncle Joe on the bus? He isn't sure where the stop is.
3. To survive or endure without someone or something. Now that I'm not working, we'll have to get on without the amenities we've come to expect.
4. To bother or nag someone about something. I always have to get on the kids about cleaning their rooms.
5. To dress oneself in some item of clothing. Let me get on my coat and I'll come out and take a look.
6. To begin to do something. A: "Can you make 100 copies of this document?" B: "Yes sir, I'll get on it right now."
7. To delegate a particular task or responsibility to someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "on." Hey, get one of the interns on this copying job.
8. To fare or cope. We've been getting on well ever since my husband got a new job.
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get someone on(to) someone or something

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get on (in years)

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get on (with someone)

 and get along (with someone)
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get on (without someone or something)

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get on someone

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get on

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get on(to) someone (about something)

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get on

2. See get along, def. 1.
3. See get along, def. 2.
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get on

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