get with it
43 synonyms found
- act on
- act upon
- attack
- bear a hand
- dive into
- do something
- do something about
- enter on
- enter upon
- fall to
- get busy
- get cracking
- get going
- go to it
- hop to it
- jump to it
- lacking
- launch into
- lift a finger
- light into
- maneuver
- outwith
- pitch in
- pitch into
- plunge into
- proceed
- proceed with
- sail into
- set about
- set at
- set to
- set to work
- start in
- strike a blow
- tackle
- take a hand
- take action
- take measures
- take on
- take steps
- turn to
- undertake
- wade into
Definition
"1904: I knew that someone had entered the house cautiously from without. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez' (Norton 2005, p.1100)"
(preposition) :
(archaic or literary) Outside of, beyond; not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.; abbreviation: w/o; compare w/ for with
"the snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within."