gets over

Bounces back from

Gets over means to recover from or move past something difficult—an illness, a breakup, a disappointment: It took me months to get over the flu.

The phrase often implies emotional healing: She never really got over losing him.

To get over something can also mean to accept what initially seemed unbelievable: I can't get over how much you've grown.

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shake off · conquer · convalesces · surmount · rises above · lets go · moves on · water under the bridge · comes to terms · resilience · recuperates · rehabilitates · accepts · succeeds · overcome · reconciles · rebound · resolves

Opposites
emotional recovery

gets overclings to

Holds on tightly

harbors · nurses · carries · never forgets · internalizes

physical recovery (illness)

gets overcatches

Seizes in motion

contracts · relapses · develops

surmounting obstacles

gets overbuckles under

Fails when stressed

Family

get, gets, getting, over, overs

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G