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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs