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get over with
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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | get over with |
| he/she/it | gets over with |
| present participle | getting over with |
| past tense | got over with |
| past participle | gotten over with |
- get something over with same as get over (sense 3)
I wanted to get the interview over with as quickly as possible.
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