get something over with

English

Etymology

get + over with

Pronunciation

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Verb

get something over with (third-person singular simple present gets something over with, present participle getting something over with, simple past got something over with, past participle (UK) got something over with or (US) gotten something over with)

1. (idiomatic) To proceed to do something as soon as possible, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.

   I hate getting shots, but it's best just to get it over with.

   • 2019, “One Bad Day” (50 seconds from the start), in Marvel's The Punisher, season 2, episode 7:

     Let's just get this over with. I'm sure we've all got things we'd rather be doing

Translations

put behind oneself

• Dutch: ergens komaf mee maken
• Finnish: saada alta pois
• French: en finir avec
• German: hinter sich bringen
• Polish: mieć coś z głowy
• Russian: поко́нчить с че́м-либо (pokónčitʹ s čém-libo)
• Spanish: * hacerlo de una vez por todas
• Swedish: få något överstökat
• Turkish: atlatmak (tr)

See also

• have something over with