"put something behind one" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put something behind one.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts something behind one [present, singular, third-person], putting something behind one [participle, present], put something behind one [participle, past], put something behind one [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> something behind one}} put something behind one (third-person singular simple present puts something behind one, present participle putting something behind one, simple past and past participle put something behind one)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: get over, move on
    Sense id: en-put_something_behind_one-en-verb-XLqRoqx0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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