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got on with

got on with is the simple past and past participle of get on with.

Meaning of get on with

Verb

get on with (third-person singular simple present gets on with, present participle getting on with, simple past got on with, past participle (UK) got on with or (US) gotten on with)

  1. (transitive) To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
    • Turn off the television and get on with your homework.
  2. (transitive) To have a good relationship with.
    • Peter is not easy to get on with.
    Synonyms:
    get along with
  3. (transitive) To successfully use or adapt to.
    • I just can't get on with these new glasses.

Questions about got on with

What is got on with the simple past and past participle of?
Got on with is the simple past and past participle of get on with.

Words near got on with in the dictionary

  1. got on someone's wrong side
  2. got on the end of
  3. got on the stick
  4. got on to
  5. got on up
  6. got on with
  7. got one over on
  8. got one up on
  9. got one's
  10. got one's a into g
  11. got one's act together

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got on with (page history and authors); get on with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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