get over

Definition of get over in English English dictionary: To recover (from)
I'm having problems getting over a bad cold.; To overcome
I'm trying to get over my fear of flying.; To forget and move on
She was in love with me for 10 years, and still hasn't got over the fact that the feeling wasn't mutual.; improve in health; "He got well fast"; travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"; If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it. How would they get over that problem, he wondered? = get around; If you get your message over to people, they hear and understand it. We have got to get the message over to the young that smoking isn't cool. = get across; overcome, surmount; recover; If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it. It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death; to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"; get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"; to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task
get over on: To have sex with
get over on: To take advantage of
get over with: Variant of get it over with
get over here: come here, come over here
get over something: recover from something, forget something
get over with: If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it. The sooner we start, the sooner we'll get it over with
get it over with: To do or finish, especially said of something unpleasant.''
He didn’t want to go to the doctor for his shots, but he decided it would be better just to get it over with.
get one's leg over: To have sex
It's all well and good being kind to girls and respecting them, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.
get one's leg over: Literally: for a person to lift his or her leg over something
1991: He just didn't quite get his leg over. — Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps. Co-commentator Brian Johnston was reduced to a fit of on-air giggles at the (presumably unintentional) double-entendre with the slang sense above. Quoted in The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Cris Freddi, Guinness Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-85112-624-3, page 138.
get something over with: To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself
I hate getting shots, but it's best just to get it over with.
Let's Get This Over With: Let's finish this
Let's Get This Over With: do this without waiting further
Let's get it over with: do it without waiting any further
Let's get it over with: Let's finish it
Lets get it over with: do it without waiting further
Lets get it over with: Let's finish it
Lets get this over with: Let's finish this
Lets get this over with: do this without waiting further
get over: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"
get over: improve in health; "He got well fast"
get over: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
get over: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

get over

Turkish pronunciation

get ōvır

Synonyms

come round, get better, mend, overcome, pull through, recuperate, shake off, survive

Pronunciation

/ˈget ˈōvər/ /ˈɡɛt ˈoʊvɜr/

Etymology

[ 'get, ÷'git ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English, from Old Norse geta to get, beget; akin to Old English bigietan to beget, Latin prehendere to seize, grasp, Greek chandanein to hold, contain.