GET OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get over mean? 

• GET OVER (verb)
  The verb GET OVER has 4 senses:

1. travel across or pass over
2. to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end
3. improve in health
4. get on top of; deal with successfully

  Familiarity information: GET OVER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET OVER (verb)

Meaning:

Travel across or pass over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

get over; cut through; cut across; cross; traverse; get across; pass over; track; cover

Context example:

The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Hypernyms (to "get over" is one way to...):

go across; go through; pass (go across or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get over"):

course (move swiftly through or over)

drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)

jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)

bridge (cross over on a bridge)

ford (cross a river where it's shallow)

crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)

walk (traverse or cover by walking)

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

tramp (cross on foot)

hop (make a quick trip especially by air)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

To bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context examples:

Let's get this job over with / It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task

Hypernyms (to "get over" is one way to...):

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill (put in effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Improve in health

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bounce back; get well; get over

Context example:

He got well fast

Hypernyms (to "get over" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Get on top of; deal with successfully

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

surmount; overcome; master; subdue; get over

Context example:

He overcame his shyness

Hypernyms (to "get over" is one way to...):

defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get over"):

bulldog (throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something