get something over with

English

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Verb

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

(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.

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

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