Talk:get on
<Jun-Dai 09:37, 10 May 2005 (UTC)> Paul, one either "gets on board" or "gets aboard." Onboard is an adjective only--so far as I know--used to refer to equipment and the like that is built into or carried as part of a vehicle/vessel. </Jun-Dai>
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definition: (transitive) To commence (an action).
- The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!
This is clearly get#Verb ("to reach a certain condition") + on#Preposition ("used as a function word to indicate destination or the focus of some action, movement, or directed effort" [from MWOnline]). DCDuring TALK 13:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
- I would be in favor of making an entry for "get on it." The verb "get" is so complex that expecting the user to figure out which meaning of "get" is meant here is not reasonable. --BB12 (talk) 02:55, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Keep: Too many definitions of "get" and "on" for this to be SOP which is BS anyway Purplebackpack89 (Notes Taken) (Locker) 00:44, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Keep per Purplebackpack89. --Hekaheka (talk) 07:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- This clearly isn't get#Verb ("to reach a certain condition") as that's intransitive. Try again. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- I was using an MWOnline intransitive verb definition. DCDuring TALK 17:15, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- This nomination definition is transitive, and 'on' isn't the direct object. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:22, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes. If you consider get on to be a unit then it is transitive. If you consider it to be SoP then you need to have recourse to an intransitive sense of get which can be used with a prepositional phrase headed by on. DCDuring TALK 17:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- This nomination definition is transitive, and 'on' isn't the direct object. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:22, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- I was using an MWOnline intransitive verb definition. DCDuring TALK 17:15, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- This clearly isn't get#Verb ("to reach a certain condition") as that's intransitive. Try again. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Keep per Purplebackpack89. --Hekaheka (talk) 07:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Keep. --Dan Polansky (talk) 20:22, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- RFD kept for no consensus for deletion. --Dan Polansky (talk) 20:22, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Near, about, or approximately (something). Primarily heard in UK. There were getting on for 50 people --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:29, 18 April 2021 (UTC)