"get something over with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get over with.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets something over with [present, singular, third-person], getting something over with [participle, present], got something over with [past], got something over with [UK, participle, past], gotten something over with [US, participle, past]
Etymology: get + over with Etymology templates: {{l|en|get}} get, {{l|en|over with}} over with Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> something over with}} get something over with (third-person singular simple present gets something over with, present participle getting something over with, simple past got something over with, past participle (UK) got something over with or (US) gotten something over with)
  1. (idiomatic) To proceed to do something as soon as possible, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: have something over with Translations (put behind oneself): ergens komaf mee maken (Dutch), saada alta pois (Finnish), en finir avec (French), hinter sich bringen (German), mieć coś z głowy (Polish), поко́нчить с че́м-либо (pokónčitʹ s čém-libo) (Russian), hacerlo de una vez por todas (Spanish), få något överstökat (Swedish), atlatmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-get_something_over_with-en-verb-TIj9K0xJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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