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

About immediately after getting over the surprise, Veach went into overdrive by watching countless tapes of Jackson. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

His reaction wasn’t that anxiety wasn’t real or that his employee should simply get over it. — Jeff Leblanc, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

This would be the second consecutive season for Caminero to get over 100 RBI. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Costanzo had some first-game jitters last week against Killingly but got over that. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for get over

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