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get with the programme

get with the programme is the british form of get with the program.

Meaning of get with the program

Verb

get with the program (third-person singular simple present gets with the program, present participle getting with the program, simple past got with the program, past participle gotten with the program)

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal) To become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.
    • When the student was behind on his vocabulary, the teacher said, "get with the program!"
    Synonyms:
    get a clue, get with it, get with the times, move with the times, keep up with the times, be on top of things, get, be on the same page
  2. (US, idiomatic, informal) To work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.
    • Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program.
  3. (US, idiomatic, informal) To comply with the norms of a social group, especially a shared enterprise; to comply with the accepted or prevailing way of doing things.
    • Dude, get with the program! We don't do casual Fridays any more.

Forms of get with the programme

third-person singular presentgets with the programme
present participlegetting with the programme
past participlegot with the programme
pastgot with the programme

Questions about get with the programme

What is get with the programme the british form of?
Get with the programme is the british form of get with the program.

Words near get with the programme in the dictionary

  1. get wise
  2. get with
  3. get with child
  4. get with it
  5. get with the program
  6. get with the programme
  7. get with the times
  8. get woke, go broke
  9. get work done
  10. get wrong
  11. get you

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