get with the program

get with the program
get with the program
Fig. follow the rules; do what you are supposed to do. (Implies that there is a clearly known method or “program” that is usually followed.) •

Come on, Mark. Get with the program. Do what you are told.

Jane just can't seem to get with the program. She has to do everything her way, right or wrong.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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