student asking question

What does "get over with" mean? And why they put "this thing" in the middle of the phrase, not next to the preposition?

teacher

Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

To "get over with" something means to hurry and get it done and have it out of the way so you don't have to think about it anymore. They put "this thing" right after "get" and before "over with" because "get" is a verb and "over with" serves as an adjective in this case. You can also change up the sentence structure and say "get over with this thing".

Popular Q&As

04/17

Complete the expression with a quiz!