get something over with

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get + over with

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

  1. (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.
    • 2019, “One Bad Day” (50 seconds from the start), in Marvel's The Punisher, season 2, episode 7:
      Let's just get this over with. I'm sure we've all got things we'd rather be doing

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