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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | get on with |
| he/she/it | gets on with |
| present participle | getting on with |
| past tense | got on with |
| past participle | gotten on with |
- 1get on with something to give your time to something and make progress with it
The sooner we finish the speeches, the sooner we can get on with the celebration.
get on with the job/business/work of something:Our priority now is to get on with the job of developing a comprehensive test ban treaty.
get on with doing something:Congress must get on with addressing these long-standing issues.
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