(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.
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…
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