get on
(OLD) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
be getting on informal › to be getting old: He's getting on (a bit) - he'll be 76 next birthday.Stages of life
(Definition of get on (OLD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get on like a house on fire idiom
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get on phrasal verb
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get on phrasal verb (CONTINUE)
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get on phrasal verb (LATE)
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get on phrasal verb (MANAGE)
- get on phrasal verb (OLD)
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get on phrasal verb (RELATIONSHIP)
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get on sb's case idiom
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get on sb's tits idiom
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get on sb's wick idiom
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get on the right/wrong side of sb idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- adolescence noun
- adulthood noun
- arrive verb (BEGIN)
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood noun
- boyhood noun
- girlhood noun
- glory days noun
- golden age noun
- heyday noun
- in my day idiom
- middle age noun
- middle-aged adjective
- midlife crisis noun
- old age noun
- period noun (TIME)
- prime noun
- those were the days idiom
- twilight years idiom
- youth noun (PERIOD/STATE)
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