phrasal verb · neutral
get it over with
UK/ɡet ɪt ˈəʊvə wɪð/US/ɡet ɪt ˈoʊvər wɪð/GET·it O·VER·with
speaking
finish an unpleasant task so that you do not have to worry about it anymore
Examples
“Let's just get it over with and then we can relax.”
“I want to get the interview over with so I can stop worrying.”
“She wanted to get the operation over with before Christmas.”
Band 8 sentence
“I'd rather get it over with now than spend the whole weekend worrying about it.”
Collocations
- get something over with
- get it over with before
Word family
get it over with (v) verbgetting it over with (v-ing) verbgot it over with (past) verb
Common mistakes
get over with it→get it over with
get over→get it over with
Say it for a higher band
5finish→6get it done→7+get it over with
Synonyms
finish off
get it done
Easily confused
get over
“It took her months to get over the breakup.”
get it done
“I just want to get it done by Friday.”
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