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got over oneself

got over oneself is the simple past of get over oneself.

got over oneself is the past participle of get over oneself.

Meaning of get over oneself

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.

Questions about got over oneself

What is got over oneself the simple past of?
Got over oneself is the simple past of get over oneself.

Words near got over oneself in the dictionary

  1. got out what one puts in
  2. got out while the getting's good
  3. got outside of
  4. got over
  5. got over on
  6. got over oneself
  7. got over the line
  8. got past
  9. got past oneself
  10. got physical
  11. got ready

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