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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

put something behind one en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief.
    • The losing candidate was just glad to put it behind him after months on the campaign trail.
    • Owen Hargreaves put his injury problems behind him with a fabulous goal on his debut as Manchester City beat holders Birmingham City to reach the fourth round of the Carling Cup. 2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
putting something behind one Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
puts something behind one Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
put something behind one Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put something behind one Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

move on · get over