Hi everybody. I'm not native. But I've fallen in love with English. Would like to learn a new thing about it every minute of my life, if I could. Now that I found this wonderful group, I guess I'll need your help quite often. Will appreciate that. My first question is about the expression "Get over it!" What does it mean?
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[/nq] It means "Stop feeling unhappy, angry, etc. about (whatever 'it' is)".
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[/nq] It means "Stop feeling unhappy, angry, etc.
about (whatever 'it' is)".
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> > But confusingly enough, it is very similar to and undoubtedly derived from a phrase that can be used with empathy or in support "You need to get over it". Example: However hard it might be, you need to get over it.
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