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

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When no one owns the full journey from quote-to-cash, revenue gets over-celebrated and under-collected. — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Nelson eventually grew tired of Cuban’s ambition to run personnel; Nellie never got over Cuban not keeping Nash in free agency in the summer of 2004. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for get over

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