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get something over (to someone)
1. to deliver something to someone. Get these papers over to Mr. Wilson's office right away. He needs it now, so try to get it over as soon as you can.
2. to make someone understand something; to succeed in explaining something to someone. I finally got the basic concepts of trigonometry over to him. He tries to understand what I'm talking about, but I can't get it over.
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get over (to some place)
1. to go to some place. I have to get over to Molly's place and pick up some papers. Go ahead and start without me. I'll get over as soon as I can.
2. to cross over something to get somewhere. I want to get over to the other side. I can't find a way to get over!
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get over someone or something
1. Lit. to move or climb over someone or something. I managed to get over the sand dunes and moved on toward the shoreline. I couldn't get over the huge rock in the path, so I went around it.
2. Fig. to recover from difficulties regarding someone or something. (See also Get over it!.) I almost never got over the shock. Sharon finally got over Tom. He had been such a pest.
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get over something
to recover from a disease. (See also get over someone or something.) It took a long time to get over the flu. I thought I would never get over the mumps.