Phrasal verbs · Free lesson
Get along with: describe a good relationship
You and your new neighbors chat easily and enjoy spending time together. How can you describe that relationship?
Professor Scott MendozaMeaning in this lesson
get along with
Have a friendly or comfortable relationship with someone.
Example
“I get along with my new neighbors.”
My neighbors and I have a good relationship.
The short answer
If you get along with someone, your relationship is friendly or comfortable. Put the person after with: I get along with my neighbors. Use them to avoid repeating a plural name: I get along with them.
Use with to introduce the other person.
Say who has the relationship, then get along with and the other person or group. With she or he in the present simple, use gets. When both people are already the subject, you can say “We get along.” A friendly relationship does not require identical opinions.
Talk about the relationship.
How are things with your new neighbors?
We get along well. We often chat after work.
We names both sides of the relationship, so this reply does not need another person after with.
Describe who gets along
Start with the subject
I get along. She gets along.
Name the other person
Add with my neighbor or with her.
Use we when both people are clear
We get along well.
Try it now
Check what you’ve learned.
Read all answers and explanations
“I get along with my roommate.” What does this tell us?
We have a friendly relationship.It describes the relationship. It does not establish identical opinions or a shared journey.
Replace my coworkers: “I get along with my coworkers.”
I get along with them.Keep with before the people: with them.
Complete: “Lena ___ along with her cousin.”
getsLena is one person, so the present-simple form is gets.
Build it yourself
Describe two friends.
Say that Sara and her cousin have a good relationship. Begin with Sara and finish with her cousin.
Put all four pieces in order. Select a piece again to move it back.
Your sentence
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See a model answer
Sara gets along with her cousin.
“Sara gets along with her cousin.” Gets matches Sara; with introduces the other person.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Does getting along mean agreeing about everything?
No. It describes how people relate to one another. They can have different opinions and still enjoy a friendly relationship.
“We disagree about sports, but we get along well.”
Is get on with someone also possible?
Yes. Get on with someone is another way to describe the same kind of relationship, especially in British English.
“I get on well with my colleagues.”
Take it into your day
Describe a good relationship in your life. Try “I get along with…” and add a simple example of what you enjoy doing together.
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