Get past meaning
Get past is a phrasal verb that means to avoid being noticed, understood, or detected by someone.
- Past simple
- got past
- Past participle
- got past
- -ing form
- getting past
What get past means
B2
To avoid being noticed, understood, or detected by someone
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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 past: see past.
Common questions
What does get past mean?
To avoid being noticed, understood, or detected by someone.
What is the past tense of get past?
Got past, which is also its past participle.
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