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get something over1Manage to communicate an idea or theory.Re-making of subtitled horror films is just a way of getting a decent idea over to a lazy demographic that studios want to make some money off of....- Textbooks aim to get ideas over so that graduates are capable of understanding the technical literature.
- You know I was the first in space, not these astronauts, but I couldn't get the ideas over to the people.
Synonyms communicate, get across, put over, impart, convey, transmit, make understood, make clear, express 2Complete an unpleasant or tedious but necessary task promptly: come on, let’s get it over with...- We have deliberately chosen to depart from this tradition in the interests of getting these painful necessities over quickly and without visual distraction.
- The voters who did go to the polls seemed to be in a frame of mind which said, ‘OK, let's get it over - one more time, but you'd better deliver.’
- The overloaded judges are often more interested in getting the trial over with than in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
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