get it over
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To do something you don't want to do, just to finish it.
Meanings
1 B1
idiomatic
informal
To complete or endure something unpleasant quickly so that it is finished.
"I hate going to the dentist, but let's just get it over with."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Almost always used as 'get it over with'. The 'with' is considered essential by most native speakers. Expresses a desire to end something unpleasant quickly.
Commonly used with
quickly now just finally might as well
Forms
Base
get it over
I/you/we/they
3rd person
gets it over
he/she/it
Past simple
got it over
yesterday
Past participle
got/gotten it over
have + pp
-ing form
getting it over
continuous
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Synonyms
finish it be done with it complete it end it deal with it quickly
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