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Bbk_agp Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What's difference between "Get along" & "Get on"?

Hi everyone,

I wonder if there is any difference between "Get along" & "Get on"? Even if it's a tiny difference.

Thanks beforehand
Babak
  

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We really need context! "Get along" could be said to someone to encourage him to leave. [ Get along now; your work here is done.

— Philip

  • We really need context!
  • "Get along" could be said to someone to encourage him to leave.
  • [ Get along now; your work here is done.
  • ] It can also be used to mean 'cooperate' [ John doesn't get along with his fellow workers.
  • ] "Get on" can mean 'continue' [ Get on with your work, or you won't finish by 5:00.
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We really need context!
"Get along" could be said to someone to encourage him to leave. [ Get along now; your work here is done. ]
It can also be used to mean 'cooperate' [ John doesn't get along with his fellow workers. ]
"Get on" can mean 'continue' [ Get on with your work, or you won't finish by 5:00. ]
It can also be used to talk about age. [ He's getting on in years.
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You can get many examples in this idiom dictionary. There are different uses.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+along

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+on

There is one overlap:
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AlpheccaStarsI get on (well) with Joe. (Seems British to me.)
It is.
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AlpheccaStarsI get along with Joe. (Used in American English)
This is also used in BrE. I think that "get on with" and "get along with" are pretty much interchangeable in BrE (in the relevant sense).
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