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View definitions for getting on

getting on

adjective as in long in the tooth

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To 'get on' is the watchword of young Australia, and getting-on means hard work.

If getting-on was to keep him so much away from home, she would be content with a little less fortune.

The three degrees of comparison in a lawyer's progress are: getting on; getting on-er (honour); getting on-est (honest).

Let your Goddess of Getting-on discover it, and let her learn to stay therein.

But there is yet another question to be asked respecting this Goddess of Getting-on.

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On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to get on, such as: ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, and entrain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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