get with the program

idiom

informal

: to start doing what others need or want one to do : to become involved and active in a useful and effective way

His boss told him that he'd better get with the program if he wants to keep his job.

Examples of get with the program in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the measure has passed the Senate session after session, but Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie can’t get with the program. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2024

Netflix 12 This Old House If your memory of this iconic home improvement show is of host Bob Vila, get with the program. —Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023

But new offerings from some of the country’s best hotels have encouraged even diehard pasta-and-red-wine fanatics to get with the program. —Rachael McKeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023

Its increasingly elaborate jumble of clashing stripes — whether seen in a store, at a ball game, or on U.S. government buildings — is a reminder to get with the program, and that the program is always changing. —Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 June 2023

Employers need to get with the program and enable a culture by which employees are empowered to have the flexibility to do what life requires. —Russell P Reeder, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021

And so the actress portraying her, Priya Kansara, had to get with the program — fast. —Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023

There's no expectation that society will change, so the responsibility is on you to get with the program. —Yiren Lu, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020

Not everyone was ready to get with the program, though. —Joe Lynch, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023