get over sth/sb
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
B2 to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or someone has made you unhappy:
She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.
It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.
It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship.
More examples
- She's only just getting over the death of her husband.
- He is still getting over the shock of being made redundant.
- It will take him a long time to get over the operation.
- You will get over the illness more quickly if you relax.
- She never completely got over the loss of her first child.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- recuperate
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Taking pleasure in something