get with it

get with it
Australian Slang
1. become aware of a situation;
2. concentrate;
3. be able to cope;
4. become fashionable or up-to-date

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  • get with it — {v. phr.}, {slang} To pay attention; be alive or alert; get busy. * /The students get with it just before examinations./ * /The coach told the team to get with it./ Compare: ON THE BALL …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get with it — {v. phr.}, {slang} To pay attention; be alive or alert; get busy. * /The students get with it just before examinations./ * /The coach told the team to get with it./ Compare: ON THE BALL …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ with\ it — v. phr. slang To pay attention; be alive or alert; get busy. The students get with it just before examinations. The coach told the team to get with it. Compare: on the ball …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get with it — pay attention, get busy I told him to get with it or he would get in trouble with the boss …   Idioms and examples

  • get with it — I vp Hurry up. If you don t get with it, we will never finish this work. 1960s II vp To come to understand, become aware of what is what. If Sofia doesn t get with it, she will never be popular. 1980s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • get with it — become aware, learn how, in the know    Leni, a friend at work, told me to get with it or I d lose my job …   English idioms

  • get with the program N. Amer. — get with the program N. Amer. informal become aware of the realities of a situation. → programme …   English new terms dictionary

  • Get With It single — Infobox single | Name = Get With It Type = DMD single Artist = Josh Kelley Released = January 3, 2006 Recorded = Genre = Pop / Rock Length = Label = Hollywood Records Producer = Get With It is a song Josh wrote for an eBay promotion. It s… …   Wikipedia

  • get with the program — vp To do what is right, conform. You had better get with the program, Sonny, or you re off the team. 1980s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • get with the program — American, informal to accept new ideas and give more attention to what is happening now. They ve been playing the same old music for ten years or so it s time to get with the program …   New idioms dictionary

  • get with it — Synonyms and related words: act on, act upon, attack, bear a hand, dive into, do something, do something about, enter on, enter upon, fall to, get busy, get cracking, get going, go, go to it, hop to it, jump to it, launch into, lift a finger,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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