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get on

gɪt ɔn
WordNet
Jupiter seduced Callisto by posing as Diana; that way he could get close to her. In the foreground Diana / Jupiter and Callisto stand side by side. In the background to the right, Jupiter is taking Callisto by surprise. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.
Jupiter seduced Callisto by posing as Diana; that way he could get close to her. In the foreground Diana / Jupiter and Callisto stand side by side. In the background to the right, Jupiter is taking Callisto by surprise. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.
  1. (v) get on
    grow old or older "She aged gracefully","we age every day--what a depressing thought!","Young men senesce"
  2. (v) get on
    develop in a positive way "He progressed well in school","My plants are coming along","Plans are shaping up"
  3. (v) get on
    appear in a show, on T.V. or radio "The news won't be on tonight"
  4. (v) get on
    grow late or (of time) elapse "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!"
  5. (v) get on
    get up on the back of "mount a horse"
  6. (v) get on
    get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
  7. (v) get on
    have smooth relations "My boss and I get along very well"
Illustrations
Meleager and Atalanta try to get hold of the wild boar. An arrow from Atalanta is already in the side of the animal. The hounds pounce on the boar and Meleager is ready with his spear.
Meleager and Atalanta try to get hold of the wild boar. An arrow from Atalanta is already in the side of the animal. The hounds pounce on the boar and Meleager is ready with his spear.
Reinaert the fox removes the wedge, causing Bruun the bear to get stuck with his head in the trunk. In the background the farmers from the village are approaching.
Reinaert the fox removes the wedge, causing Bruun the bear to get stuck with his head in the trunk. In the background the farmers from the village are approaching.
Old man in white robes with staff, gets a shoe from a kneeling younger man. With four poems.
Old man in white robes with staff, gets a shoe from a kneeling younger man. With four poems.
Cephalus accidentally gets Procris on the hunt with an arrow. Procris is leaning against a tree with an arrow in her chest. Procris, dressed like a Roman soldier, is standing next to her.
Cephalus accidentally gets Procris on the hunt with an arrow. Procris is leaning against a tree with an arrow in her chest. Procris, dressed like a Roman soldier, is standing next to her.
A seated woman eats a herring with bread, a cat jumping against her gets the bone of the fish. Performance known as 'The Cat's Breakfast'. On the left a water pump, in the foreground a barrel with a dead chicken lying on it, on the right a vase with flowers on a table.
A seated woman eats a herring with bread, a cat jumping against her gets the bone of the fish. Performance known as 'The Cat's Breakfast'. On the left a water pump, in the foreground a barrel with a dead chicken lying on it, on the right a vase with flowers on a table.
An elephant has fallen into a pit. Several other elephants try to get it out by adding logs and stones. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about hunting scenes.
An elephant has fallen into a pit. Several other elephants try to get it out by adding logs and stones. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about hunting scenes.
Dutch and Surinamese man are getting ready for the hunt
Christ wants to explain his teaching to a group of unbelievers. They get angry and throw stones at Christ.
Christ wants to explain his teaching to a group of unbelievers. They get angry and throw stones at Christ.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
If all the gold in the ocean were mined, every person on Earth would get about 20 kgs of gold each.
  1. Get on
    to proceed, advance
Quotations
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Source Unknown
Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step on them.
Ivan Benson
Jean De La Bruyere
There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.
Jean De La Bruyere
Ted Williams
God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
Ted Williams
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want, I will be happy.
Source Unknown
Idioms

Get a handle on - When you get a handle on something, you come to understand it.

Get back on the horse that bucked you - When you start drinking again after being hungover from drinking the previous night.

Get in on the act - If people want to get in on the act, they want to participate in something that is currently profitable or popular.

Get in on the ground floor - If you get in on the ground floor, you enter a project or venture at the start before people know how successful it might be.

Get on like a house on fire - If people get on like a house on fire, they have a very close and good relationship.

Get on my last nerve - (USA) If something is getting on your last nerve, you are completely fed up, ready to lose your temper. (Southern USA)

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. gitan, to get.

Usage in the news

The Newberg-based Chehalem park district is helping paddlers get on the Willamette River by offering a canoe, kayak and paddle board rental fleet on weekends at Dundee. blog.oregonlive.com

It should get on board. latimes.com

Enlarge Buy This Photo Carol Cierniak, of Toledo tries to warm up before getting on the starting line for the half marathon. toledoblade.com

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he might try to block Gov Jan Brewer from getting on the ballot if she tries to run for another term. kgun9.com

State appears ready to get on board with Orlando-to-Miami train. orlandosentinel.com

You can get on your bicycle nearly anywhere in Southwest Florida to get fit, enjoy the scenery and have an adventure. news-press.com

How often do you get on Facebook and the first thing you see is some dude taking a self-pic using a mirror at the gym. keyj.com

You and your sweetie could get on the 95.9 KISS CAM. 959kissfm.com

The SBPAL program gives middle school students in the community who would otherwise be unable to participate in competitive sports a chance to get on the field or court. keyt.com

The week on Sound Travels is all about framing the scope of adventurous music you get on 88Nine. radiomilwaukee.org

Utah Supreme Court to Decide if Move to Amend Gets on SLC Ballot. upr.org

When Sabrina Ness gets on stage, she delivers a lesson well beyond her years. twincities.com

If you didn't check out Hulu's website today, you might want to get on it. longislandpress.com

There's a real art to getting on a potential customer's calendar. inc.com

Or a young person may try to get on the roster in the growing private club team system — an even more exclusive route that some top teenage athletes are choosing, especially when high schools cut coaches and opportunities. fdlreporter.com

Usage in scientific papers

This measure induces a probability measure on zig-zag paths and hence on particle configurations in Z; we get a point process on Z.
Non-intersecting Paths, Random Tilings and Random Matrices

This process is repeated on all the neighbours of the site i and further on all the neighbours of the new sites that get bonded.
An Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation of Statistical physics Problem

On the other hand, if we do make redshift corrections, depending on the used power of (1 + z ) factors we may get either dG or dA .
The Apparent Fractal Conjecture: Scaling Features in Standard Cosmologies

Afterall your Monte Carlo programme itself can be thought of as a new test of randomness of the pseudo random number generator. I shall stop here the discussion on pseudo random number generators and get on to Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo: Basics

If we set a = uvSµg ∈ On⋊αω G, then, we get kak ≤ C and a∗ ya = gf g becomes an element of C0 (Γ) which is 1 on O.
AF-embeddability of crossed products of Cuntz algebras

Usage in literature

In order to get on with them you must get acquainted with them and understand the peculiarities of each one. "Walter and the Wireless" by Sara Ware Bassett

Excuse me a moment while I go and get on the 'phone to engage the motor. "Gossamer" by George A. Birmingham

The hombres and the Irish don't get on well together and I was always expecting trouble. "Still Jim" by Honoré Willsie Morrow

After three generations on that island they don't know how to get a living on the main. "Blow The Man Down" by Holman Day

The slavers probably calculated on their getting on shore, to enable them to come up with them. "The Three Midshipmen" by W.H.G. Kingston

Once we heard a hobo tell of the first time he ever tried to get on a freight train in the dark of night when it was moving. "Working With the Working Woman" by Cornelia Stratton Parker

On getting on board the old frigate, we found a large party of officers assembled. "A Yacht Voyage Round England" by W.H.G. Kingston

Well, how are you getting on? "A Patriotic Schoolgirl" by Angela Brazil

I came home to see how you were getting on with Olaf. "A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays" by Willa Cather

He added unnecessarily that he wanted to see how his horse was getting on. "Desert Conquest" by A. M. Chisholm

Usage in poetry
If all the kisses on the earth,
Were pure as little children's,
And I could get my conscience's worth,
My kisses would be millions.
"Children's Kisses. I John, 3:7" by Frank Barbour Coffin
But - here's the worst of the affair -
Whene'er he came across a pair
Already placed for him to don,
He was too stout to get them on!
"The Perils of Invisibility" by William Schwenck Gilbert Author object (717)
Climb to the top of the trees,
Climb to the top of the hill,
Get up on the crown of the sky if you please,
You'll be a small creature still.
"Willie's Question" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
He is worthy of the public's support,
And to his shop they should resort
To get his advice one and all;
Believe me on him ye ought to call.
"A Tribute to Dr. Murison" by William Topaz McGonagall
On shallow straw, in shadeless glass,
Huddled by empty bowls, they sleep:
No dark, no dam, no earth, no grass -
Mam, get us one of them to keep.
"Take One Home For The Kiddies" by Philip Larkin Author object (3160)
Keen goes the bidding; fierce the fight,
There are cries on every hand....
But I mean to take to the woods tonight;
And they'll never get my gland!
"Lay Of Last Monkey" by C J Dennis Author object (84)