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get on

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: get on

1
 v
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
2
 v
have smooth relations
3
 v
grow late or (of time) elapse
4
 v
develop in a positive way
5
 v
grow old or older
6
 v
appear in a show, on T.V. or radio
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: get on
1

v get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Synonyms:
board
Antonyms:
get off
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
Types:
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embark, ship
go on board
entrain
board a train
catch
reach in time
get
reach and board
emplane, enplane
board a plane
Type of:
come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into
to come or go into

v get up on the back of

Synonyms:
bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up
Antonyms:
get off, hop out
get out of quickly
Types:
remount
mount again
Type of:
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
2

v have smooth relations

Synonyms:
get along, get along with, get on with
Type of:
relate
have or establish a relationship to
3

v grow late or (of time) elapse

“It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!”
Type of:
approach, come near
come near in time
4

v develop in a positive way

Synonyms:
advance, come along, come on, get along, progress, shape up
Antonyms:
regress, retrograde, retrogress
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Types:
climb
improve one's social status
leapfrog
progress by large jumps instead of small increments
Type of:
develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
5

v grow old or older

Synonyms:
age, maturate, mature, senesce
Types:
turn
become officially one year older
fossilise, fossilize
become mentally inflexible
dote
be foolish or senile due to old age
Type of:
develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
6

v appear in a show, on T.V. or radio

Synonyms:
be on
Type of:
air
be broadcast
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