get past (English, verb)
expansion: get past (third-person singular simple present gets past, present participle getting past, simple past got past, past participle (UK) got past or (US) gotten past)
Senses:
glosses: To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
glosses: To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
glosses: To pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it.
tags: figuratively
raw_tags: of a mistake
glosses: To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.
tags: broadly
figuratively
glosses: To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.
tags: broadly
figuratively
Forms:
form: gets past
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: getting past
tags: participle
present
form: got past
tags: past
form: got past
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gotten past
tags: US
participle
past