get over sth/sb
phr. v..phr. v.. to feel better after a bad experience, such as an illness or the end of a relationship.
phr. v.. to recover from an ailment, emotional distress, or a significant setback; to reach a state where a past event no longer negatively impacts one's current well-being.
It took him a long time to get over the flu.
She is still trying to get over her ex-boyfriend after their difficult breakup last summer.
The company struggled to get over the reputational damage caused by the scandal, despite launching an extensive public relations campaign.
- Particles
- over
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- get + over + object
the object is usually a negative event, a sickness, or a person from a past relationship.
distinguish from 'recover' (more formal/medical) and 'move on' (focuses on the future rather than the healing process); 'get over' is the standard conversational choice for emotional recovery.
I finally got over from my cold.I finally got over my cold.the verb is transitive and takes the object directly after the particle 'over' without an extra preposition like 'from'.