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Difference between Get it on with someone and Get on with someone

get it on with someone—(U.S. sl.) have sex with a person (also: get it off with someone): And it wasn’t only with Prunella:

  • He had wanted to get it on with Evelyn—Evelyn the Untouchable, for Christ’s sake!

get on with someonemaintain a friendly relationship with smb.; be on good terms with a person:

  • I didn’t get on well with my parents at all at this stage—they had messed up one of my best friendships.