get along

get along also get on  {v.}

1. To go or move away; move on.

The policeman told the boys on the street corner to get along.

2. To go forward; make progress; advance,

John is getting along well in school. He is learning more every day.

Syn.: GET AHEAD.

3. To advance; become old or late.

It is getting along towards sundown.

Grandmother is 68 and getting along.

4. To get or make what you need; manage.

It isn't easy to get along in the jungle.

We can get along on $100 a week.

Compare: DO WITHOUT (2), GET BY, MAKE DO.

5. To live or work together in a friendly way; agree, cooperate; not fight or argue.

We don't get along with the Jones family.

Jim and Jane get along fine together.