Get over meaning
Get over is a phrasal verb that means to recover physically from an illness or emotionally from a distressing person or event.
- Past simple
- got over
- Past participle
- got over
- -ing form
- getting over
What get over means
B2
To recover physically from an illness or emotionally from a distressing person or event
It took her several weeks to get over the infection.
Similar phrasal verbs
With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away.
With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, give over, give something over to something/someone, give yourself over to.
Common questions
What does get over mean?
To recover physically from an illness or emotionally from a distressing person or event.
What is the past tense of get over?
Got over, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
