get over

verb

got over; gotten over; getting over; gets over

transitive verb

1

a

: overcome, surmount

get over your fear of being lied to

b

: to recover from

still trying to get over a bad cold

c

: to reconcile oneself to : become accustomed to

was very disappointed, but he'll get over it

2

: to move or travel across

Examples of get over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

LeBron James, it’s been said, couldn’t get over a final hurdle to join Golden State. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Their challenge is getting colleagues to use the tools more often, to get over the fear that AI is there to one day replace them. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

The information the ambulance driver is getting over the radio is confusing and contradictory. — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

Every Southern college student has a family member who’s superstitiously tossed (or flat-out burned) their jersey after a bad game, or still hasn’t gotten over a SEC Championship loss decades later. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for get over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover