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View synonyms for get over

get over

verb

  1. to cross or surmount (something)

    the children got over the fence

  2. intr, preposition to recover from (an illness, shock, etc)
  3. intr, preposition to overcome or master (a problem)

    you'll soon get over your shyness

  4. intr, preposition to appreciate fully

    I just can't get over seeing you again

  5. tr, adverb to communicate effectively

    he had difficulty getting the message over

  6. tr, adverbsometimes foll bywith to bring (something necessary but unpleasant) to an end

    let's get this job over with quickly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

"It's only really in the last couple of years that I've properly felt that I've got over my PTSD," she said.

From BBC

Foster said he eventually got over the snub by his rival.

The collective angst has so far not resulted in a massive protest and, as the Supreme Court once observed, politicians just “pass the buck” and wait for the season to get over.

From BBC

And I had to get over it because the photographer was like, ‘If you don’t do this, I’m not gonna book you for the next job,’” she continued.

From Salon

The big-hitting all-rounder took 16 from an Alzarri Joseph over to put the tourists on the brink and although he holed out with four needed, England got over the line with four balls to spare.

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