- get something over
- 1》 manage to communicate an idea or theory.2》 promptly complete an unpleasant or tedious but necessary task.→ get
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get something over
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get something over with — verb To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself. I hate getting shots, but its best just to get it over with … Wiktionary
get something over with — See: OVER WITH(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
get something over with — See: OVER WITH(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
get in over your head — be/get in over your head ► to be involved in something that is too difficult for you to deal with: »He denied fraud saying he was a businessman who just got in over his head. Main Entry: ↑head … Financial and business terms
get it over with — verb 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 … Wiktionary
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
be/get in over your head — ► to be involved in something that is too difficult for you to deal with: »He denied fraud saying he was a businessman who just got in over his head. Main Entry: ↑head … Financial and business terms
put something over — Synonyms and related words: bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, forestall, gammon, get around, gull, hoax, hocus pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock … Moby Thesaurus
get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 … Financial and business terms
over — o|ver1 [ ouvər ] function word *** Over can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun or a pronoun): a bridge over the river Two men were fighting over her. (followed by a number or amount): It happened over a hundred… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
over — o|ver1 W1S1 [ˈəuvə US ˈouvər] prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(above)¦ 2¦(covering)¦ 3¦(across)¦ 4¦(on the other side)¦ 5¦(down from something )¦ 6¦(in many parts of something)¦ 7¦(no longer affected)¦ 8¦(more than)¦ 9¦(during)¦ 10 … Dictionary of contemporary English
