get with the program
(US, idiomatic, informal) To become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.
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The USA is so far behind the rest of the world. Get with the program, people deserve universal healthcare so they don't have to fear bankruptcy if they get sick. Stop pandering to insurance companies. Stop playing wi…
China has engineers building shit - renewables & such. They haven’t been around just for 250 or fewer years. Get with the program. They’ve had empires for centuries. That communism crap was a mere blink in their long…
Exactly on either side sadly we have some democrats who need to get with the program or get out of the party ! ✌🏻
Time to get with the program boys.
WTF Wyoming! Get with the program already.
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(US, idiomatic, informal) To 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!"
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(US, idiomatic, informal) To 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.
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(US, idiomatic, informal) To comply with the norms of a social group, especially a shared enterprise; to comply with the accepted or prevailing way of doing things.
“The USA is so far behind the rest of the world. Get with the program, people deserve universal healthcare so they don't have to fear bankruptcy if they get sick. Stop pandering to insurance companies. Stop playing with people's lives over profit.”
“Exactly on either side sadly we have some democrats who need to get with the program or get out of the party ! ✌🏻”
“Time to get with the program boys.”
“The USA is so far behind the rest of the world. Get with the program, people deserve universal healthcare so they don't have to fear bankruptcy if they get sick. Stop pandering to insurance companies. Stop playing with people's lives over profit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“China has engineers building shit - renewables & such. They haven’t been around just for 250 or fewer years. Get with the program. They’ve had empires for centuries. That communism crap was a mere blink in their long history.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Exactly on either side sadly we have some democrats who need to get with the program or get out of the party ! ✌🏻”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to get with the program boys.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WTF Wyoming! Get with the program already.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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