"get past" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets past [present, singular, third-person], getting past [participle, present], got past [past], got past [UK, participle, past], gotten past [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> past}} get past (third-person singular simple present gets past, present participle getting past, simple past got past, past participle (UK) got past or (US) gotten past)
  1. To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
    Sense id: en-get_past-en-verb-YobtOhxF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 8 6 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 41 8 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 41 8 5 8
  2. To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
    Sense id: en-get_past-en-verb-ZZpdqij9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "past", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 8 6 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "past": 34 44 7 7 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 41 8 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 41 8 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 49 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 51 6 6 7
  3. (figurative, of a mistake) To pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it. Tags: figuratively Translations (to pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it): pasar desapercibido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-get_past-en-verb-Jf-cnbW3 Disambiguation of 'to pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it': 3 2 91 2 2
  4. (figurative, by extension) To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief. Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms: reach past
    Sense id: en-get_past-en-verb-~fDDsQk5
  5. (figurative, by extension) To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-get_past-en-verb-wjSk3h2f

Inflected forms

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        "To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way."
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          "time",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it",
      "word": "pasar desapercibido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get past"
}

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