Get Over

Definition: Get Over

Get Over

Verb

1. Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day".

2. 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".

3. Improve in health; "He got well fast".

4. Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get Over

Content

Take up with, take in good part; accept, tolerate; consent; acquiesce, assent; be reconciled to, make one's peace with; get over it; take heart, take comfort; put up with; (bear).

Restoration

Verb: return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well,get round, get the better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive; (outlive); resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again.

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Success

Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority).

Velocity

Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.

Crosswords: Get Over

How're we gonna get over that wall? (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

Just get over it and go out with somebody else. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Hey you, get over there, please? (Airheads; writing credit: Rich Wilkes)

I know, I'm still trying to get over yesterday. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Where is it? Uhh. Get over there! (Romancing the Stone; writing credit: Diane Thomas)

Better yet better get better get over yourself (Get Over Yourself; performing artist: Eden's Crush)

Let me get over you (I'm Outta Love; performing artist: Anastacia; writing credit: Anastacia Newkirk, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello)

Mishale, i'll never get over u (Mishale; performing artist: Andru Donalds)

When does you'll get over it begin (When Can I See You; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

It's a hurting, thing to get over (Brokenhearted; performing artist: Brandy)

Get Over It (2001)

I Still Can't Get Over Loving You (performing artist: Jr. Ray Parker)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Get over It and on With It!: How to Get Up When Life Knocks You Down (reference)

• Optimal Aging: Get over Getting Older (reference)

• Rude People: Get over It! (Winning Skills) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Get Over It (reference)

• Communication Basics plus How to Get Over the Fear (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Get Over It (reference)

• Get Over It (2001 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• We'll Get Over (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And how does the bourgeoisie get over these crises? On the one hand inforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Never did get over it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The time it takes to get over side effects depends on many things, including your overall health and the kind of chemotherapy you have been taking. (references)

Business

Now that he finally has the chance to buy a car that is something more than a means of taking him from A to B he can get over the excitement. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "get over": get over an accident ♦ get over it ♦ get over smth. ♦ get over the ground ♦ get over with ♦ help to get over ♦ i can't get over it! ♦ to get over. Additional references.

Albanian

përmirësohem (gain, get better, improve oneself, look up, pick up), marr veten (find one's feet), kapërcej (bypass, climb over, cross, exceed, fight off, go one better than, hop, lap, leap, leave out, miss out, outdo, overbalance, overcome, overmaster, overpower, span, surmount, transcend, turn, vault), ia dal mbanë (manage, succeed, win through), bëj i qartë (articulate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get past, get the better of, knock down, master, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, vanquish, whack, worst), ‏تسلق (ascent, climb, creep, get up, mount, mounting, ramble, scale, scaling, scramble, surmount, swarm, swarm up), ‏شفى (cure, fix, get better, get well, heal, mend, pull round, recover, recuperate, restore, set up, skin). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвземам се (breathe, improve, perk, recover, respire), прескачам (hop, jump, jump over, leap, nip, omit, overleap, skip, skip over, take), прехвърлям се (remove, shift, transfer), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, hurdle, live down, master, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, surmount, vanquish, win through), преминавам (adjourn, get through, go by, melt, merge, overblow, overpass, pass, pass along, pass away, pass by, pass on, passage, proceed, run, shade, surmount, traverse), правя разбираем, приключвам (conclude, determine, end, end off, sign off, top off, wind up, work out). (various references)

Czech

přelézt, přejít (come over, cross, get across, go across, go over, overpass, pass, pass on, pass over, slide, traverse), dostat se (land up), být pochopen (get across). (various references)

Dutch

troost vinden in. (various references)

Esperanto

konsoliĝi pri. (various references)

Finnish

selviytyä vaikeuksista (get over difficulties). (various references)

French

surmonter (get the better of), se reprendre, se remettre (get back, get on one's feet), se relever de, revenir de, franchir, faire passer (get across, get through). (various references)

German

verwinden (live down, overcome, warp), sich erholen von, holen (catch, fetch, get, hoist, pick up, send for, summon, to fetch, win), hinwegkommen über (dismiss, live down), ankommen (arrival, arrive, catch on, come, come across, come along, come down, end up, get, get in, get to, go down, go down well, go over, hinge, move in, pull in, take off, to arrive, wander in), überwinden (defeat, negotiate, outgrow, overcome, quell, subdue, subjugate, surmount, to overcome (overcame, vanquish, win over), überbrücken (bridge, bridge over, get through, reconcile, straddle, to bridge). (various references)

Greek 

συνέρχομαι (cohere, come round, come to, congregate, convene, meet, pull oneself together, pull round, recover from, recuperate), ξεχνώ (forget), υπερνικώ (conquer, master, negotiate, surmount, vanquish). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תאושש (come round, pull oneself together, rally), ל�"ת�'בר (conquer, overcome, overpower, pull through, reinforce), ל�"חלים (cause to dream, convalesce, get well, recover, recuperate), ל�"בריא (convalesce, get better, recover, recuperate). (various references)

Hungarian

túlteszi magát (to face down all objections), átjuttat (to get over), átjut (scrape through, to get across, to get over, to negotiate). (various references)

Italian

superare (be over, cap, clear, come through, exceed, excel, get through, go over, negotiate, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outnumber, outrange, outstrip, overcome, overrun, overtake, pass, ride out, round, surmount, surpass, top, upstage), sollevare (arise, heave, hoist, Jack, lift, purchase, raise, rear, relieve, rise, send up, solace, stem, stir up, touch off, uplift), sbloccare (decontrol, free, release, unblock, unlock), riavere (get back, have again, recover, retrieve). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

悪癖が直る (to get over a bad habit), 乗り切る (to get over, to get through, to overcome, to ride across, to sail across, to tide over, to weather), 切り抜ける (to cut one's way through, to get over, to struggle through, to tide over). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きりぬける (to cut one's way through, to get over, to struggle through, to tide over), のりきる (to get over, to get through, to overcome, to ride across, to sail across, to tide over, to weather), あくへきがなおる (to get over a bad habit). (various references)

Manx

cur harrish (go about, relinquish, relinquishment, speechify). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay overay

Portuguese

restabelecer-se de, comunicar (acquaint, advise, communicate, counsel, forestall, give an account, give notice, impart, inform, notify, report, tell, to communicate, transmit). (various references)

Romanian

trece peste (bestride, bridge, clear, draw, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, pass over, span, stride, surmount, tread), tolera (admit, allow, allow of, bear, endure, indulge, permit, stand, suffer, support, tolerate), termina (accomodate, accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, have done, liquidate, mop up, pack it in, shoot away, spend, stop, terminate, wind up), se consola (indulge), duce cu vorbã, digera (assimilate, digest), a-şi reveni (collect oneself, come round, come to one's self), înghiţi (bolt, devour, engulf, get down, gobble, ingurgitate, lump, pocket, swallow, swig), încânta (bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, delude, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, glamor, glamour, gratify, imparadise, ravish, seduce, smite). (various references)

Russian 

обходить (bypass, circumvent, envelop, evade, get around, get round, outflank, sidestep, sidestepped, sidesteps), преодолеть (get the best of, go over, outdo, overcome, pull through, tide over), преодолевать (bear down, break out of, cope, get round, overcame, overcome, surmount), перебраться (cross, move), перебираться (cross, move, scramble over). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prestrojiti (realign), preskočiti preko, prebrinuti, preboleti, otići (depart, go along, go away, go off, hive off, leave, pull out, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave, turn away), oporaviti se (convalesce, rally, recover, recuperate). (various references)

Spanish

reponerse (get well, perk up, pull through, recover, recuperate, revive, throw off), cesar (break, break off, cap, cease, close up, come, cut off, delete, disable, eat up, end, expire, follow up, get through, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, liquidate, stop, surcease, terminate, throw over, top off, wind up, zip, zip up), comunicar (announce, break, communicate, connect, connect up, convey, deliver, get on to, get through, give, hand on, impart, infect, inform, notify, plug in, put across, put over, report, tell), cruzar (come across, criss cross, cross, cut, go across, interbreed, intersect, jump across, pass across, traverse, walk across), dominar (control, dominate, govern, henpeck, keep down, Lord, master, overlook, overlord, overpower, overrule, possess, put down, subdue, subject, take over), hacer comprender (get across, get through), hacer entender (get across, get through, put across, put over), hacer pasar por encima de, olvidar (come off, condone, forbid, forget, leave, leave behind, leave out, leave over, lie back, neglect, omit, sink, take away, tear down, throw down), acabar (accomodate, accomplish, break off, come, complement, complete, discontinue, eat up, end, expire, finish, follow up, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, play out, round off, terminate, throw over, top off, use up, wash out, waste, wind up, work out), recuperarse (bounce back, buck up, come through, pick up, pull round, rally, recuperate), volverse de (grow, live), reponerse de, salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), salir de (exit, get out of, lead, tear down, throw down, vacate), sobreponerse (pull oneself together), sobreponerse a (master, overpower, rise above), superar (better, break, come through, conquer, outbalance, outgo, outpoint, outrange, outrival, outstrip, out-top, overcome, overmatch, overpass, pass, surpass, throw over, weather), terminar de (get through, give over, hole, knock off, land), vencer (bear down, beat, beat down, best, break, break down, carry, conquer, defeat, discomfit, expire, fall due on, fall in, get the best of, get the better of, master, outface, overcome, overpower, tear, win), volverse (become, come over, get, go, lead back, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back), pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while). (various references)

Swedish

få över (have left), övervinna (conquer, overcome, surmount, vanquish, worst). (various references)

Turkish

geçirmek (bash, carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), taşmak (boil over, brim over, flow, gush, overbrim, overflow, pour forth, pour out, run over, slop over, spill over, swell, swim, well over), iletmek (carry off, conduct, convey, deliver, hand in, put across, transfer, transmit), hazmetmek (accept, bear, digest, pocket, stomach, tolerate), başa çıkmak (cope, handle, help, overcome), atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, skip, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off), üstesinden gelmek (accomplish, come through, cope, dope, dope out, fix, get the better of, go over big, handle, hurdle, lick, overcome, polish off, surmount, tide over). (various references)

Ukrainian

закінчити (be through, get through, put through). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: revote, vetoer.

-2 letters: egret, ergot, evert, greet, grove, overt, revet, trove, verge, voter.

-3 letters: eger, ergo, ever, goer, gore, gree, grot, ogee, ogre, over, rete, rote, rove, tore, tree, veer, vert, veto, vote.

-4 letters: ego, ere, erg, eve, gee, get, gor, got, ore, ort, ree, reg, ret, rev, roe, rot, tee, teg, toe, tog.

+2 letters: forgetive, vertigoes.

+3 letters: convergent, derogative, government, gravestone, overeating, overlength, overweight, travelogue.

+4 letters: eigenvector, governments, governorate, gravestones, overbeating, overbetting, overediting, overemoting, overfatigue, overgarment, overheating, overletting, overlighted, overmelting, overnighted, overnighter, oversetting, overtighten, overvoltage, overweights, overwetting, prerogative, sovereignty, stevedoring, travelogues.

+5 letters: derogatively, eigenvectors, festivalgoer, galvanometer, governmental, governorates, overexciting, overexerting, overfatigued, overfatigues, overgarments, overlengthen, overnighters, overreacting, overregulate, overstepping, overstrewing, overtightens, overtreating, overvoltages, overwatering, overweighted, photoengrave, precognitive, prerogatived, prerogatives, reconverting, reinvigorate, revegetation, seronegative, volunteering.