get with the program

Definition

To become organized, current, or aware; to adopt the prevailing viewpoint.

Example Sentences

• "When the student was behind on his vocabulary, the teacher said, "get with the program!""
• "Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program."
• "In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter."