phrasal verb · neutral
get over
UK/ɡet ˈəʊvə/US/ɡet ˈoʊvər/GET·O·VER
To recover from an illness, a shock, or a sad experience; to overcome something.
Examples
“It took her months to get over the breakup.”
“He finally got over the flu and returned to work.”
“Getting over failure often makes people stronger.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the scandal damaged his reputation temporarily, he eventually got over it and rebuilt public trust through consistent transparency.”
Collocations
- get over a breakup
- get over an illness
Word family
Common mistakes
I get better from the flu→I got over the flu / I recovered from the flu
She couldn't get across the failure→She couldn't get over the failure
Say it for a higher band
5recover (from)→6get better→7+get over
Synonyms
recover (from)
bounce back
Easily confused
get through
“It was hard, but I got through the exams.”
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