get along
(DEAL WITH) mainly US (mainly UK get on) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to deal with a situation, usually successfully: I wonder how Michael is getting along in his new job?Coping and not copingDealing with things or peopleTolerating and enduring
(Definition of get along (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get a/your foot in the door idiom
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get about phrasal verb (MOVE)
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get about phrasal verb (TRAVEL)
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get ahead phrasal verb
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get along phrasal verb (BE FRIENDLY)
- get along phrasal verb (DEAL WITH)
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get an eyeful idiom
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get around phrasal verb
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get at sb phrasal verb (CRITICIZE)
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get at sb phrasal verb (INFLUENCE)
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get at sth phrasal verb (REACH)
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Synonyms and related words:
- balancing act noun
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up phrasal verb
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- buckle verb (BE DEFEATED)
- fare verb
- grasp the nettle idiom
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen idiom
- juggle verb (MANAGE)
- keep body and soul together idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- make ends meet idiom
- manage verb (SUCCEED)
- meltdown noun (FAILURE)
- pull (sb) through (sth) phrasal verb
- ride (out) the storm idiom
- rise above sth phrasal verb
- roll with the punches idiom
- scrape by/along phrasal verb
- scrape verb (SUCCEED)
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Coping and not coping
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