'To get over' definitions:
Definition of 'To get over'
From: GCIDE
- Get \Get\ (g[e^]t), v. i.
- 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster]
- We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. [1913 Webster]
- To get rid of fools and scoundrels. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice, or a power of verbal expression which is neither active nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten, confused, dressed. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act, movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way, to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave, to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down, to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress; hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape; to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene. [1913 Webster]
- To get ahead, to advance; to prosper.
- To get along, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.
- To get a mile (or other distance), to pass over it in traveling.
- To get among, to go or come into the company of; to become one of a number.
- To get asleep, to fall asleep.
- To get astray, to wander out of the right way.
- To get at, to reach; to make way to.
- To get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get the better of; to defeat.
- To get back, to arrive at the place from which one departed; to return.
- To get before, to arrive in front, or more forward.
- To get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag.
- To get between, to arrive between.
- To get beyond, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to surpass. "Three score and ten is the age of man, a few get beyond it." --Thackeray.
- To get clear, to disengage one's self; to be released, as from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed from danger or embarrassment.
- To get drunk, to become intoxicated.
- To get forward, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper; to advance in wealth.
- To get home, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.
- To get into. (a) To enter, as, "she prepared to get into the coach." --Dickens. (b) To pass into, or reach; as, " a language has got into the inflated state." --Keary.
- To get loose or To get free, to disengage one's self; to be released from confinement.
- To get near, to approach within a small distance.
- To get on, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.
- To get over. (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty. (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.
- To get through. (a) To pass through something. (b) To finish what one was doing.
- To get up. (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc. (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of stairs, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To get over'
- Get,
- Getting,
- To get at,
- To get before,
- To get between,
- To get into,
- To get on,
- To get through,
- To get up,
- all get out,
- get about,
- get at,
- get by,
- get down,
- get in,
- get into,
- get it,
- get it on,
- get it over,
- get off,
- get on,
- get on with,
- get out,
- get out of,
- get over,
- get through,
- get to,
- get to be,
- get up,
- get with it,
- gets,
- To get a mile,
- To get ahead,
- To get along,
- To get among,
- To get asleep,
- To get astray,
- To get away with,
- To get back,
- To get behind,
- To get beyond,
- To get by heart,
- To get clear,
- To get drunk,
- To get forward,
- To get free,
- To get ground,
- To get hand,
- To get home,
- To get into trouble,
- To get loose,
- To get near,
- To get rid of,
- To get square with,
- To get the best of,
- To get the better of,
- To get the hang of,
- To get the range of,
- To get the start,
- To get wind,
- get a line,
- get a load,
- get a look,
- get a noseful,
- get a whiff,
- get across,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get around,
- get around to,
- get away,
- get away with,
- get back,
- get back at,
- get behind,
- get cracking,
- get dressed,
- get even,
- get even with,
- get going,
- get hitched with,
- get hold,
- get hold of,
- get in touch,
- get in touch with,
- get laid,
- get married,
- get moving,
- get off the ground,
- get onto,
- get rid of,
- get rolling,
- get started,
- get stuck,
- get the best,
- get the better of,
- get the dope on,
- get the goods,
- get the hang,
- get the hang of,
- get the jump,
- get the picture,
- get the sack,
- get to grips,
- get together,
- get weaving,
- get well,
- get wind,
- get wise,
- get word,
- get worse,
- get-up,
- getting even,
- Get-penny,
- To get one's hand in,
- To get or to hold In chancery,
- To get the cart before the horse,
- attention-getting,
- get one's Irish up,
- get one's lumps,
- get under one's skin,
- get-at-able,
- get-go,
- get-up-and-go,
- to get a word in edgewise,
- to get one's back up,
- to get the lay of the land,
- To get the higher upper hand,
- get-well card,
- un-get-at-able