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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
LATE© 5 be getting on informal If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you
mean it is becoming late: It's getting on - we d better be going. 6 getting on for uk {
us going on) almost: He must be getting on for 80 now. It was getting on for ...
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A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
criticising him) + on + for N: QUANT His heart gave out, he was getting on for 55. (
= approaching) What time was this? Getting on for eight o'clock. (= approaching)
+ on + to NP The PM was clearly all set to get on to other matters. (= turn his ...
A tobe gettingold:He's getting on (abit)-he'll be seventy-six next birthday. latek 5
be getting on informal If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you mean it is
becoming late: It's getting on - we'dbetterbegoing.6 getting on for uk (us going ...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... smoking is getting on my nerves Get it in the neck: Be punished or criticised *
You will get it in the neck if you are not careful Getting for: Becoming for * He is
getting too old for this job Getting on for: Approaching (of age or time) * He is
getting ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Advance toward an age, amount, time, and so on. For example, It's getting onfor
noon, so we'd better eat lunch. This usage is often put in the participial form,
getting on for. [Mid-1800] 8. See TURN ON, def. 3. Also see the subsequent
entries ...
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English Prepositions Explained
7.2 Getting on for/toward [clock time] In British English one quite often hears the
expression it's getting on for as in It's getting on for noon, which means 'it's almost
noon'. Here is another example: (28) That data is getting on for twelve months ...
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All Bets Are
On (Mills & Boon Modern Tempted)
... the cupboard: getting on for a dozen work suits—some with trousers, some with
skirts; a huge selection of shirts and blouses in sensible office styles; opaque
tights; court shoes; shoe boots, predominant colour scheme black, grey and blue.
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Practical Everyday English: A New Method of Learning ...
lt must be getting on for l0 o'clock. Where on earth has she got to? • Just because
he's getting on a bit, (it) doesn't mean he should be allowed to get away with
murder. • Some of the directors who make up the Board are getting on for 80.
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... get on for see be getting on for above. get 'on to vt fus 1 (mf Bnt) to make
contact with (a person etc) eg by telephone (often because one is displeased
with something or to get information geyser about something) : This is the third
time this.
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Reports from Committees
I am getting on for 14. (Reads well.) I have worked six months. I was all the time
at school lnrfbre that. My father is a bricklayer's labourer. I have two brothers and
one sister, all younger than me. I went to school at George Yard. It was a ragged
...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1865
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Chichester's newest art gallery
He has been working as a photographer for getting on for 30 years in London. We moved our family down three years ago, and between us we ... «Worthing Herald, 七月 15»
George Osborne's savvy display lacked tough fiscal action - Telegraph
... I repeat, total projected borrowing increased by getting on for three times more than the headline welfare cuts – may be seen as a mistake. «Telegraph.co.uk, 七月 15»
England play it fast and lose to set Australia target of 412
The pitch is by no means unplayable (getting on for 1000 runs have been scored in three innings so far), and the imperative for Australia to get ... «Irish Times, 七月 15»
Tennis - Serena v Sharapova: the most one-sided rivalry in sport?
She may have won the French Open last year, but as for the other slams, it's getting on for nearly a decade since she last finished as champion ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, 七月 15»
What time is Big Brother live eviction?
But before that, there's the question of seeing how they've all been getting on for the past 24 hours in the regular review of yesterday's action, ... «Grimsby Telegraph, 七月 15»
Editor's Opinion: The final piece in the jigsaw
And this: "We're getting on for 1,600 plus housing associations effectively across the country, at the peak there will be many who are doing ... «24dash, 七月 15»
Working poor worse off after Budget, says IFS
... due to fall by £12 billion and, even excluding the effects of the four-year freeze, tax credit spending is due to be cut by getting on for £6 billion. «Citywire.co.uk, 七月 15»
At Cemetery Junction
The two DVDs contain getting on for 30 short films (at 47 minutes, Skid Kids is more than twice as long as any of the others), including newsreel ... «London Review of Books, 七月 15»
IFS takes aim at Osborne's 'arithmetically impossible' sleight of hand …
... is due to be cut by getting on for £6 billion. And of course many of the recipients of the higher minimum wage will not be tax credit recipients. «Spectator.co.uk, 七月 15»
HDPE price hit likely in face of Closed Loop crisis
Today, the plant processes getting on for a billion discarded soft drinks and milk bottles made from plastic a year…. and recycles them back into ... «letsrecycle.com, 七月 15»
