Get on with it
see: get on , def. 6.
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- Get on to someone
verb phrase To learn the truth about; come to understand; get wise: Be careful they don’t get on to your little tricks (1880+)
- Getost
noun See Gjetöst cheese
- Get out from under
verb phrase To extricate oneself from troubles, esp financial troubles: They’ll never get out from under that debt (1875+) see: out from under
- Get out of dodge
verb phrase to depart a location Examples After the graffiti, they got out of Dodge. Word Origin fr Dodge City, Kansas, part of a cliche from old Westerns about the town Usage Note slang verb phrase To depart a location: Hurricane’s coming. I’m getting out of Dodge [fr Dodge City, Kansas, part of a cliche […]
- Get out of the gate
verb phrase To start; get under way; get off the block: I think it was important to get out of the gate quickly [1980s+ fr horse racing; fr the starting gate of a horse track]