get on it
Example Sentences
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Waiting lists can also become a race: “Know that there is one and get on it quickly,” the author counsels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
“He told them that they should get on it, start investing, start moving, shift production here to the United States of America where they will pay no tariff,” Leavitt said.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
“We’re professionals,” offensive lineman Zion Johnson said, “so we get on it early, watch the film at home, make sure that we’re on top of everything we need to be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
It would've been nice to finally get on it after it's taken so many years to build, but it's understandable.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
I heard the distant whistle of a passing train, and I wished I could get on it and go far away, to a place without struggle meetings, without class status, without confessions.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
