Get with the program

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.

"When the student was behind on his vocabulary, the teacher said, "get with the program!""

2.VerbTo work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.

"Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program."

3.VerbTo comply with the norms of a social group, especially a shared enterprise; to comply with the accepted or prevailing way of doing things.

"Dude, get with the program! We don't do casual Fridays any more."

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