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get over oneself

get over oneself verb: to cease to be vain and self-obsessed.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To cease to be vain and self-obsessed.
    • When he told me I was to serve him as if he were a Russian czar, I told him to get over himself.

Forms of get over oneself

third-person singular presentgets over oneself
present participlegetting over oneself
pastgot over oneself
past participle UKgot over oneself
past participle USgotten over oneself

Questions about get over oneself

What does get over oneself mean?
Get over oneself means to cease to be vain and self-obsessed.
What part of speech is get over oneself?
Get over oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of get over oneself?
The past tense of get over oneself is got over oneself.

Words near get over oneself in the dictionary

  1. get outside
  2. get outside of
  3. get outta here
  4. get over
  5. get over on
  6. get over oneself
  7. get over the line
  8. get past
  9. get past oneself
  10. get physical
  11. get readies

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