get on with (something or someone)
idiom
1
: to continue doing (something)
I didn't mean to interrupt you. I'll let you get on with your work.
You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and just get on with your life.
This introduction is taking forever. I wish they'd just get on with it the play.
2
chiefly British
: to be or remain friendly with (someone)
They've never really got on with each other.
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There is a huge need to just get on with the work of modernization and fix the problems.
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Madelyn Creedon, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
Such an outcome would allow Kyiv to get on with the job of building a sovereign, prosperous, noncorrupt, and democratic state increasingly integrated with European economic and security institutions.
—Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Christina is mild and frail, but Nicole is curt and self-assured, alternately soothing and strong-arming her companion to get on with killing her terrible husband.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Harris’ response was a longwinded tale of her middle-class upbringing, which bored the host, who begged her to get on with it.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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Madelyn Creedon, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
Such an outcome would allow Kyiv to get on with the job of building a sovereign, prosperous, noncorrupt, and democratic state increasingly integrated with European economic and security institutions.
—Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Christina is mild and frail, but Nicole is curt and self-assured, alternately soothing and strong-arming her companion to get on with killing her terrible husband.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Harris’ response was a longwinded tale of her middle-class upbringing, which bored the host, who begged her to get on with it.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Get on with (something or someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20on%20with%20%28something%20or%20someone%29. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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