| VERB | motion | get over, traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get across, cut through, cut across | travel across or pass over |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | get over | to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end | |
| change | get over, get well, bounce back | improve in health | |
| competition | get over, overcome, subdue, surmount, master | get on top of |
| Meaning | Travel across or pass over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get across, cut through, cut across | |
| Narrower | bridge | cross over on a bridge |
| course | Move swiftly through or over | |
| crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random | |
| drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle | |
| ford | cross a river where it's shallow | |
| hop | Traverse as if by a short airplane trip | |
| jaywalk | cross the road at a red light | |
| stride | Cover or traverse by taking long steps | |
| tramp | cross on foot | |
| walk | traverse or cover by walking | |
| Broader | pass | go across or through |
| Spanish | atravesar, cruzar | |
| Catalan | creuar, travessar | |
| Meaning | To bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil | put in effect |
| Meaning | improve in health. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | get well, bounce back | |
| Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate | Get better |
| Opposite | get worse, relapse | deteriorate in health |
| Spanish | ponerse bien, reanimarse, recuperarse, reponerse, superar | |
| Catalan | recuperar-se | |
| Meaning | Get on top of; deal with successfully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | overcome, subdue, surmount, master | |
| Narrower | bulldog | Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| See also | get | enter or assume a certain state or condition |
| Spanish | derrotar, dominar, superar, vencer | |
| Catalan | dominar, superar, vèncer | |
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