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Verb: get over  get ow-vu(r)
  1. Get on top of; deal with successfully
    "He got over his shyness";
    - overcome, subdue, surmount, master
     
  2. Improve in health
    "He got over fast";
    - get well, bounce back
     
  3. Travel across or pass over
    "The caravan got over almost 100 miles each day";
    - traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get across, cut through, cut across
     
  4. To bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end
    "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

Derived forms: getting over, gets over, got over

Type of: accomplish, action, ameliorate, beat, beat out, better, carry out, carry through, crush, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], improve, meliorate, pass, shell [US], trounce, vanquish