English Explanatory Dictionary

get on like a house on fire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To immediately start a good relationship with someone.

Pronunciation

En-au-get on like a house on fire.ogg

Word forms

get on like a house on fire gets on like a house on fire getting on like a house on fire got on like a house on fire gotten on like a house on fire

Etymology

By metaphor, reflecting the notion that housefires are archetypally roaringly quick and robust.

Related words

like a house afire get along like nobody's business hit it off

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