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get on

(CONTINUE) phrasal verb with get
 
 
/ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)

Definition

B2 to continue doing something, especially work: I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?Continue and last
(Definition of get on (CONTINUE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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