Meaning Of Get On With Something In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of get on with something in English

get on with something

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten Add to word list Add to word list to start or continue doing something, especially work: Stop talking and get on with it. I like to be left to get on with the job. I suppose I could get on with the ironing while I'm waiting. to start to do something

• beginI'll begin working on the project this weekend.
• startHave you started your homework yet?
• commenceWe commenced listening to Uncle Jim's long story, knowing we were in for it now.
• embark on/upon somethingThat fateful morning, she embarked upon the longest solo climb in history.
• enter on/upon somethingWith his diagnosis, we entered upon the most difficult time of our lives.

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• If you make some coffee I'll get on with the washing up.
• They were busily getting on with the painting.
• He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening.

Starting and beginning

• be in the first flush of idiom
• be/get in on the ground floor idiom
• become
• begin
• branch out phrasal verb
• develop
• ground level
• grow
• half-cock
• here
• here goes! idiom
• hit the ground running idiom
• motion
• sail in phrasal verb
• start (something) off phrasal verb
• start on something phrasal verb
• start out phrasal verb
• start/set/get the ball rolling idiom
• starting
• wheel

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Continue & last (Definition of get on with something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

get on with something | American Dictionary

get on with something

phrasal verb with get verb us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past participle gotten us/ˈɡɑt·ən/ got us/ɡɑt/ Add to word list Add to word list to continue doing something after stopping: We don’t have all day to finish this job, so can we just get on with it? (Definition of get on with something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

get on with sth | Business English

get on with sth

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us -tt- | got | got | or US gotten Add to word list Add to word list to continue doing something, especially work: I suppose I could get on with doing my expenses while I wait for the computer system to restart. (Definition of get on with something from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of get on with something

in Chinese (Traditional) 開始（或繼續）做某事（尤指某項工作）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 开始（或继续）做某事（尤指某项工作）… See more in Spanish ponerse a algo… See more Need a translator?

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