Betekenis van get on In het Nederlands

• 0 to have a good relationship:

  • We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.

  • He doesn't get on with his daughter.

• 1 to manage or deal with a situation, especially successfully:

  • How are you getting on in your new home?

  • We're getting on quite well with the decorating.

• 2 to continue doing something, especially work:

  • I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?

• 3 to be getting old:

  • He's getting on (a bit) - he'll be 76 next birthday.

• 4 If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you mean it is becoming late:

  • It's getting on - we'd better be going.

• 5 almost:

  • He must be getting on for 80 now.

  • It was getting on for midnight.

• 6 to grow old:

  • Uncle Meade’s getting on in years – he’s 76.