be getting on

Meaning

1. 1

   to be becoming old

2. 2

   to be becoming late

   The time's getting on — we ought to be going.

In the movies · 8

• You must be getting on up there.Uncle Frank2020
• You two seem to be getting on well.Jojo Rabbit2019
• We must be getting on.A Passage to India1984
• ...and I should be getting on with it.We Are Marshall2006
• How can you possibly be getting married on Sunday?My Best Friend's Wedding1997
• Yeah, so you guys are gonna be getting busy on my brand new Tuscan leather?Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015
• Come on! Get in! Get in! Get in!Drive2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Uncle Frank2020
  • Daddy Mac Mocks Frank's Gift
  • Frank Lets Beth Rename Herself
  • Charlotte Meets Frank's Family
• Jojo Rabbit2019
  • Captain K Addresses the Jungvolk
  • Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit
  • Rosie Pushes Jojo Out the Door
• A Passage to India1984
  • Aziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque
  • The Bridge Party at the Club
  • Aziz Invites Them to the Marabar Caves

From the same entry

• be getting on for
• can't get over
• get away from it all
• get it
• get it on
• get it up
• get going
• get nowhere get anywhere
• get somewhere
• get there
• get this
• how selfish, stupid, ungrateful, can you get