get along

Example Sentences

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“If you want to be the mayor and you can’t get along with people who are your colleagues on council,” Bass said recently, “I don’t know how you’re supposed to govern at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"I went out for a drink with a guy. We seemed to get along, but when he said he was going up to the bar he didn't come back."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

So Beijing may not want a world with Washington at the centre of global power, but it needs to find a way to get along with the US.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The media leaks say Mr. Phelan didn’t get along with others in the Administration and tried to leverage his own relationship with Mr. Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Ms. Marlee asks us questions about what’s going on with the two of us, and why we don’t get along so good.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist