get along
verb
got along; got along or gotten along; getting along; gets along
Examples of get along in a Sentence
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
Recent Examples on the Web
Other water signs Cancers and Pisces can also get along well with Taurus risings.
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Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Rollinson got along well with all of the coaches of other Mater Dei sports and the leaders of the non-sports departments.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
Franklin’s fellow diplomats, Deane and Lee, didn’t get along with him or each other.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The key to all these groups getting along is following trail etiquette, Gordon said.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
The first prototype for Crush House was tonally similar: chill people living in a house together and navigating how to get along.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
The descendants of North America’s great cities came to see value in the very act of trying to get along better.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
When the coders can’t get along, a group of them will split off and create a new network, a schism known as a hard fork.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Buffets are the culinary version of your wedding day or a big birthday—a bunch of foods that don’t belong together all in the same space, somehow getting along.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Rollinson got along well with all of the coaches of other Mater Dei sports and the leaders of the non-sports departments.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
Franklin’s fellow diplomats, Deane and Lee, didn’t get along with him or each other.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The key to all these groups getting along is following trail etiquette, Gordon said.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
The first prototype for Crush House was tonally similar: chill people living in a house together and navigating how to get along.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
The descendants of North America’s great cities came to see value in the very act of trying to get along better.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
When the coders can’t get along, a group of them will split off and create a new network, a schism known as a hard fork.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Buffets are the culinary version of your wedding day or a big birthday—a bunch of foods that don’t belong together all in the same space, somehow getting along.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Get along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20along. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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