get past

To recover from a painful experience or continue despite a difficult situation.

• You will get past this difficult time.
• She slowly got past the pain of their breakup.
• Can we get past our disagreement and work together?

How to use it: get past something (It took months to get past that disappointment.)

Similar words: get over, overcome, move beyond

Common phrases: get past something, get past grief

To move beyond someone or something that blocks your way.

• I cannot get past this crowd.
• The striker got past two defenders.
• How did you get past the locked gate?

How to use it: get past someone/something (We could not get past the fallen tree.)

Similar words: get by, pass

Common phrases: get past someone, get past something

To move something beyond a person or thing that blocks its way.

• Can you get the ball past the goalkeeper?
• We got the truck past the barrier.
• They could not get the sofa past the narrow doorway.

How to use it: get something past someone/something (We need to get the sofa past that doorway.)

Similar words: move past, maneuver past

Common phrases: get something past, get something past someone

To remain unnoticed by someone who could stop or correct it.

• The error got past our editor.
• Very little gets past her sharp eyes.
• How did that fake ticket get past security?

How to use it: get past someone/something (That spelling mistake got past the editor.)

Similar words: escape notice, slip past

Common phrases: get past someone, get past security

To help someone recover from pain or manage a difficult time.

• Your support will get me past this difficult time.
• Talking got him past the pain of the breakup.
• What helped get you past your disappointment?

How to use it: get someone past something (Her friends got her past the worst of her grief.)

Similar words: help through

Common phrases: get someone past, get someone past something