phrasal verb · neutral
get on for
UK/ɡet ɒn fɔːr/US/ɡɛt ɑːn fɔːr/GET·on·FOR
speakingtask2
to be nearly a particular time, age, or number
Examples
“It's getting on for midnight — we should go home.”
“He's getting on for sixty, but he still runs every day.”
“The crowd was getting on for a thousand by the end of the concert.”
Band 8 sentence
“By the time the volunteers arrived, the temperature was getting on for freezing, which slowed the rescue efforts.”
Collocations
- get on for midnight / get on for sixty
- getting on for a hundred
Word family
get on for phrasal verbgetting on for continuous
Common mistakes
It's getting on to midnight.→It's getting on for midnight.
He is getting on sixty.→He is getting on for sixty.
Say it for a higher band
5almost→6nearly→7+get on for
Synonyms
nearly
almost
Easily confused
get near
“The train gets near the station in five minutes.”
Related words
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