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单词 to get it over with
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to get it over with
b. With with (adverb). Esp. in to get it over with: to complete an unpleasant or tedious but necessary task promptly.
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1860 E. Prentiss Stepping Heavenward i. 16 I do not love to pray. I am always eager to get it over with..so as to have leisure to enjoy myself.
1899 Vassar Misc. (Vassar Coll., N.Y.) Feb. 211 The thing had to be done, and the sooner he got it over with the better.
1910 E. Johnson & A. Johnson Game of Golden Ball xxii. 289 This business has to be got over with, and got over with quickly.
1922 W. L. Fletcher How to get Job you Want x. 222 Let's go over to your office and get it over with as soon as possible.
1947 R. Allen Home Made Banners iii. 18 Figure I might as well sign up tomorrow and get it over with.
1970 W. H. Auden in New Yorker 21 Feb. 118/1 I have one slight criticism..which I will get over with at once.
1992 S. Fry Paperweight (1993) 283 As with removing old sticking plasters, these things are best got over with quickly.
2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 332 I sense that he is dog-tired and just wants to get the meeting over with.
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