get beyondsomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
mainlyUS
tomanagetostopsomething fromaffectingyou,upsettingyou, orinfluencingyou:
Somehow we need to get beyondourangryfeelingsandtalkabout asolution.
If you can get beyond all thejargon, thesiteisfullofusefultips.
toprogressto abetteror moredevelopedstagethan something:
Hisperformancerarelygets beyondcaricature.
Educators mustensurethat everystudentgets beyond thebasicliteracyskillsof the early-elementarygrades.
- Shefounditdifficultat first to get beyond her owngriefandhelpherchildren.
- There's no getting beyond it, she comesacrossascoldand unlikeable.
- Manyreadersnever get beyond theheadlines.
- They have to get beyondpreachingto theconverted.
Controlling emotions
- blackmail
- bottle
- bottlesomethingup
- brave
- breaking point
- cauterization
- choke
- compose
- cork
- dysregulation
- emotional blackmailidiom
- frustrated
- get pastsomeone
- give voice tosomethingidiom
- put on a brave faceidiom
- repress
- repressed
- self-possessed
- self-possession
- swallow
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