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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get over the line en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To fulfil one's task; to do what is required.
    • Responsible for public affairs, business strategy, corporate development and finance, he [Donald Tang] now faces the task of getting an initial public offering over the line in London after ditching earlier plans to list in New York in the face of US political opposition. 2024 July 13, Laura Onita, Eleanor Olcott, “Shein’s master of reinvention treads tricky path to IPO”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
    • Midfielder Jill Scott, who had suffered defeat at the hands of the Germans in the final in 2009, came on in extra time to help England get over the line and was overcome with emotion. 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gets over the line Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
getting over the line Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got over the line Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got over the line Tense=Past lexicographic
gotten over the line Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

over the line

Synonyms

get the job done