get with the program
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.
American usage; Informal
verb
To work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.
American usage; Informal
verb
To comply with the norms of a social group, especially a shared enterprise; to comply with the accepted or prevailing way of doing things.
American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "When the student was behind on his vocabulary, the teacher said, "get with the program!""
- "Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program."
- "In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter."
- "Dude, get with the program! We don't do casual Fridays any more."
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Synonyms
get a clue
get with it
get with the times
move with the times
keep up with the times
be on top of things
get
be on the same page