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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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