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Get on has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Intj

Definitions
Verb
1

have smooth relations

"My boss and I get along very well"

2

get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

3

get up on the back of

"mount a horse"

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 news won't be on tonight"

6

develop in a positive way

"He progressed well in school"

"My plants are coming along"

"Plans are shaping up"

7

grow old or older

"She aged gracefully"

"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"

"Young men senesce"

8

To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.

Intj
1

Expresses surprise or disbelief.

Example Sentences
"My boss and I get along very well" verb
"mount a horse" verb
"It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!" verb
"The news won't be on tonight" verb
"He progressed well in school" verb
"My plants are coming along" verb
"Plans are shaping up" verb
"She aged gracefully" verb
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!" verb
"Young men senesce" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
get off retrograde
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
relate enter move approach air develop
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
embark entrain catch remount climb leapfrog turn fossilize dote
Rhyming Words
in on go on pin on let on not on hop on man on run on tie on mid on put on set on try on sit on bet on yak on fly on hot on act on pee on
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