be getting on meaning

1. To grow older
2. (of time) to grow late

• getting:    Noun: getting  ...
• attention-getting:    Adjective: attenti ...
• getting even:    Noun: getting even ...

Examples

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1. it must be getting on for midnight.
2. he must be getting on for eighty!
3. his grandfather must now be getting on for eighty
4. he seems to be getting on very well at school
5. must be getting on for nine by the light