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It’s nice to get together with people you get on with.
If two or more people get together, they meet in order to do something or spend time together.
It’s nice to get together with people you get on with.
If two or more people get on, they like each other and are friendly to each other.
I must get on with my work. I got behind because I spent too much time on the Internet.
continue doing something, especially work
I must get on with my work. I got behind because I spent too much time on the Internet.
If you get behind with work or with payments, you have not done as much work or paid as much as you should by a particular time.
Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home.
do and complete something difficult or unpleasant that must be done.
Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home.
leave a place or person, often when the situation makes it difficult for you to do so
I can’t get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work. It’s obvious to everyone, but the boss never seems to notice.
be very surprised or shocked that something has happened or that something is true
I can’t get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work. It’s obvious to everyone, but the boss never seems to notice.
succeed in not being criticised or punished for something wrong that you have done
How do you manage to survive without a job?
Oh, I get by with a bit of help from my parents.
have just enough money to pay for the things I need, but nothing more
The problem is that the regulations don’t allow us to use next year’s budget.
Oh, don’t worry. We’ll get around / round it somehow.
Find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem
Have you rung the travel agent’s yet to confirm our bookings?
Sorry, I haven’t got around / round to it yet, but I’ll do it after lunch, I promise.
do something that you have intended to do for a long time
I really think you ought to apologise to you-know-who about you-know-what.
I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re getting at. Who? What?
If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them what they mean, usually because
they have said something indirectly.
Do you think I can get away with not using any handouts in my lecture?
Yes, the students just throw them away anyway.
do something successfully even though it is not the best way of doing it
