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get on with |
get one's lumps |
get onto |
get out |
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get over
| get rid of
| get rolling
| get started
| get stuck
| get the best
get over
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb get over has 4 senses
- get over(v = verb.motion) cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" is one way to go across, go through, pass
- get over(v = verb.creation) Array - 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" is one way to accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
- get over(v = verb.change) bounce back, get well - improve in health; "He got well fast" is one way to ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
- get over(v = verb.competition) master, overcome, subdue, surmount - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
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THESAURUS
get over
advance, ascend, back, back up, be glimpsed, bounce back, broadcast, budge, change, change place, circle, clarify, climb, come around, come back, come round, come through, come to, come up smiling, communicate, convey, dawn on, descend, disseminate, ebb, elucidate, explain, explicate, flow, get about, get across, get well, give, give word, go, go around, go round, go sideways, gyrate, hand on, impart, leave word, make a comeback, make clear, make it clear, make known, mount, move, move over, pass, pass along, pass on, penetrate, plunge, popularize, progress, pull round, pull through, put across, put over, rally, recover, register, regress, render, report, retrogress, revive, rise, rotate, run, send, send word, share, share with, shift, signal, simplify, sink, sink in, soak in, soar, spell out, spin, stir, stream, subside, survive, tell, transfer, transmit, travel, vulgarize, wane, weather the storm, whirlROGET THESAURUS
get over
Restoration
VB 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, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.
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