1
as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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2
as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of get along
The relationship between the pair challenges the common belief that cats and dogs do not get along well.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
At the same time, in a lot of cases, there’s also a seed that’s being planted for an important message about getting along or caring about the world around us.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
As South Florida students return to class for the new school year, many parents are not just worried about their children doing well in school and getting along with their classmates.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Teegan also met Ethan’s brother Micah and his girlfriend Veronica, who was struggling to get along with the Plath family after a fallout with his sister Moriah.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
At the same time, in a lot of cases, there’s also a seed that’s being planted for an important message about getting along or caring about the world around us.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
As South Florida students return to class for the new school year, many parents are not just worried about their children doing well in school and getting along with their classmates.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Teegan also met Ethan’s brother Micah and his girlfriend Veronica, who was struggling to get along with the Plath family after a fallout with his sister Moriah.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get along
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She’s seen this cycle again and again: young girls adapting, coping, hiding and then hitting a wall in adulthood, often when their own children begin to struggle.—
Ginger Gentile,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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For nearly two hours Isabella collected my thoughts on everything from vaccines to emotional coping strategies to policing in the U.S.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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But the American began to lose her serve as the set progressed.—
Lukas Weese,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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There’s been more and more to like out of 2025’s Mr. Irrelevant as the summer has progressed.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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In 2024-2025 the lodge stayed open for the winter, doing events like winemaker dinners.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Russia has a 50-year goal, to re-unite parts of the old Soviet Union; Ukraine has a more immediate goal, to stop the war and not give up any territory to do so.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Miami Hurricanes have a long history of producing tight ends who have strong college careers and then proceed to the NFL.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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Tate didn't budge and Hall proceeded to put on stunning displays of GOP unity.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Be sure to arrive early to hear the 6:30 p.m. opening get by the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory All-Stars, a gifted group of students from the music school Castellanos founded here in 2013.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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These results don't bode well for graphically intense uses like gaming and video editing, but basic graphics processing will get by just fine on this laptop.—
Sherri L. Smith,
PC Magazine,
29 July 2025
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One such group of 50 marched so that 30 of them formed the vertical part, and 20 the horizontal part of a gigantic white cross.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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There’s children that freaking get on these horses and do competitions with cones and hurdles.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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For weeks, Newsom urged other Democrats to get on board with an aggressive counterstrategy, calling Trump’s request a corrupt bid to end democracy by dictating election outcomes.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Those promises are made out of convenience and in order to encourage enforcers to approve a deal.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even the lampshade is made out of a quilt fragment—DIY, of course.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Get along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20along. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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