1. Have smooth relations
   "My boss and I get on very well"; "She gets on with her colleagues very well";
   - get along with, get on with [Brit], get along, hit it off
    
2. Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
   "We got on the bus just before it left";
   - board, hop on
    
3. Get up on the back of, especially a horse
   "get on a horse";
   - hop on, mount, mount up, jump on
    
4. Grow late or (of time) elapse
   "It is getting on midnight — let's all go to bed!"
    
5. Appear in a show, on T.V. or radio
   "The actor finally got on the popular talk show";
   - be on
    
6. Improve in performance or condition; develop and move forward
   "He got on well in school";
   - progress, come on, come along, advance, get along, shape up
    
7. Grow old or older
   "She got on but maintained her vitality";
   - senesce, age, mature, maturate

Derived forms: got on, gets on, getting on

See also: go, skip

Type of: air, approach, come in, come near, develop, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move, move into, relate

Antonym: get off