Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have something over with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.57 in modern English

Syllables: have -some-thing over with
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To experience the ending or completion of something.

Example Sentences

"I am going to let the evidence (T-3745) stand for whatever it is worth and you may go ahead and put the other one in too and then we will have that over with, and you can go ahead and put the other one in."
"Best to have it over with. Let us have done with the ghastly business by all means."
"Rosellen wished she and Darius had this over with."
"One part of him knew that this is what she really wanted, to get out of this world, have it over with, to end her pain."
"We were anxious to have it over with."

Etymology

get + over with

Inflected Forms

has something over with (present, singular) having something over with (participle, present) had something over with (participle, past) had something over with (past)

Phrases

get something over with

Frequently Paired Words

get something over with

Questions

What does have something over with mean?: To experience the ending or completion of something.
Where does have something over with come from?: get + over with

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