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1. Have smooth relations
   "My boss and I get on very well";
   - get along with, get on with, get along, hit it off
    
2. Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
   - board
    
3. Get up on the back of
   "get on a horse";
   - hop on, mount, mount up, jump on, climb on, bestride
    
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
   - be on
    
6. Make progress in knowledge or status
   "He got on well in school";
   - progress, come on, come along, advance, get along, shape up
    
7. Grow old or older
   "Young men get on";
   - senesce, age, mature, maturate

Derived forms: gets on, getting on, got on

See also: mount

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, retrogress