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over the hump

over the hump prepositional phrase: past the most challenging part of something.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Past the most challenging part of something.

Questions about over the hump

What does over the hump mean?
Over the hump means past the most challenging part of something.
What part of speech is over the hump?
Over the hump is a prepositional phrase.

Words near over the hump in the dictionary

  1. over the edge
  2. over the fence
  3. over the head
  4. over the hill
  5. over the hills and far away
  6. over the hump
  7. over the left
  8. over the left shoulder
  9. over the line
  10. over the long haul
  11. over the moon

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