get on

[get on] or [get onto] {v.}, {informal}

1. To speak to (someone) roughly about something he did wrong; blame; scold.

* /Mrs. Thompson got on the girls for not keeping their rooms clean./

* /The fans got on the new shortstop after he made several errors./

Syn.: JUMP ON. 2. See: GET ALONG. 3. To grow older.

* /Work seems harder these days; I'm getting on, you know./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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