I can't get over

can't get over (something)

Unable or unwilling to accept or believe something. Often used hyperbolically. I just can't get over the fact that our team lost at the last minute like that. That movie was so fantastic, I can't get over it! A: "I still can't get over the fact that I won that award." B: "It's great that your hard work is finally being recognized!"

See also: get, over

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I can't get over something

! Fig. I am just so amazed! (The something can be a fact or a pronoun, such as that or it. Also with just, as in the examples.) "I just can't get over the way everybody pitched in and helped," said Alice. Bob: The very idea, Sue and Tom doing something like that! Bill: I can't get over it!

See also: get, over

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