get with

English

Verb

get with (third-person singular simple present gets with, present participle getting with, simple past and past participle got with)

  1. (informal, transitive) To be in the company of; to accompany; to become intimate with.
    • 1860, Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping heavenward‎, page 33:
      I do love to get with a lot of nice girls, and carry on!
    • 1993, Art Taylor, Notes and tones: musician-to-musician interviews‎, page 104:
      You can't get with yourself if you are not by yourself.
    • 2004, Carl Weber, Player Haters‎, page 106:
      I only said I thought Mimi was trying to get with my husband. I never said I thought you were fucking her.
  2. To align oneself with.
    We have to get with the times or we'll be left behind.
  3. (informal) to contact; make contact with
    I'll get with you tomorrow on what we're going to do about the party.

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