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get on

(RELATIONSHIP) mainly UK (mainly US get along) phrasal verb with get
 
 
/ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)

Definition

B1 to have a good relationship: We're getting on much better now that we don't live together. He doesn't get on with his daughter.Being, becoming friends and getting to know someone
(Definition of get on (RELATIONSHIP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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