# have something over with

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/have-something-over-with
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To experience the ending or completion of something.

## Examples

- I want to have this test over with today.
- The dentist appointment is painful, but I just want to have it over with as soon as possible.
- She dreaded the difficult conversation with her manager, yet she knew it was better to have it over with before the weekend began.

## Origin

A combination of *get* and *over with*, first attested in the mid-20th century.

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