get along Idiom, Proverb
get along
get along with someone
get along without
Idiom(s): get along (without (sb or sth))Theme: MANAGE
to manage without someone or something; to do without someone or something.
• I don't think I can get along without my secretary.
• My secretary just quit, and I don't think I will be able to get along.
• I like steak, but I can't afford it. I guess I'll have to get along without.
get along on a shoestring
Idiom(s): get along (on a shoestring)Theme: POORNESS
to be able to afford to live on very little money.
• For the last two years, we have had to get along on a shoestring.
• With so little money, it's hard to get along.
get along in years
Idiom(s): get along (in years)Theme: AGE - OLD
to grow older.
• Grandfather is getting along in years.
• Yes, he's really getting along.
Get along famously
If people get along famously, they have an exceedingly good relationship.get along with
have a good relationship"Giovanna doesn't get along with her two brothers."
get along in years|get on|get on in years|year|yea
v. phr. To age; grow old. My father is getting along in years; he will be ninety on his next birthday.get along
1. To collaborate (with someone) in a mutually affable or affable way. I'm animated you assuredly got to accommodated my brother—I knew you two would get along. My grandparents accept been affiliated for over 50 years and they still get along!2. To depart. Oh, I charge to get forth now, or abroad I'll absence the train!3. To progress, as in age. Unfortunately, my arthritis bothers me added as I get forth in years.4. To abide or persevere. Now that I've been laid off, I don't apperceive how my ancestors will get along.Learn more: getget forth (on a shoestring)
and get by (on a shoestring)Fig. to be able to allow to alive on actual little money. For the aftermost two years, we accept had to get forth on a shoestring. With so abounding expenses, it's adamantine to get by on a shoestring.Learn more: getget along
1. [for bodies or animals] to be affable with one another. Those two aloof don't get along. They assume to get forth aloof fine.
2. to leave; to be on one's way. I've got to get along. It's accepting late. It's time for me to get along. See you later.Learn more: get
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1. Also, get on. Be or abide to be on adapted terms. For example, She finds it adamantine to get forth with her in-laws, or He gets on able-bodied with all of his neighbors except one. The use of along dates from the backward 1800s; the use of on dates from the aboriginal 1800s. A chatty analogue for get forth well is get on like a abode afire, in aftereffect comparing more acceptable relations to the accelerated beforehand of a fire.
2. Also, get on. Manage, book with some success; also, prosper. For example, I can aloof get forth in this boondocks on those wages, or Her way of accepting on in the apple was to ally a affluent man. The use of on dates from the backward 1700s; the alternative dates from the aboriginal 1800s.
3. get forth without. Administer after something, as in With that new car loan, he can't get forth after a raise. [Early 1800s]
4. Also, get on. Progress; advance, abnormally in years. For example, How are you accepting forth with the refinishing? or Dad doesn't apprehend too well; he's accepting on, you know. [Late 1700s] Additionally see along in years; get on, def. 5.
5. get forth with you. Go away; also, be quiet, bead the subject, as in "Leave me. Get forth with you" (Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1837). [First bisected of 1800s] Additionally see get on. Learn more: get
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v.1. To be or abide to be on adapted agreement with someone: I never got forth with the mail carrier. Do you anticipate the bodies and dogs will get forth if we put them in a cage together?
2. To administer or fare, abnormally with reasonable success: There's no way I can get forth on those wages. How are you accepting forth these days?
3. To beforehand or accomplish progress, abnormally in age: He's not as able-bodied as he was before, but he is accepting forth in age.
4. To go away; leave: She told the accouchement to get forth and leave her to her work. Learn more: get
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