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Verb get over has 4 senses
- traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
--1 is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- get over - 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"
--2 is one way to carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- get well, get over, bounce back - improve in health; "He got well fast"
--3 is one way to better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
- overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
--4 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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