Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
To get over
Is this sentence correct:
"With so many guests, the cake got over very quickly."
Note: By 'got over', I mean that there was no more cake after a while.
Top answer
Is this sentence correct: No. get over is an idiom that has a completely different meaning Say it another way. Here are a few idiomatic expressions that work in this conttext.
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Is this sentence correct: No. get over is an idiom that has a completely different meaning
Say it another way. Here are a few idiomatic expressions that work in this conttext.
eg With so many guests, the cake went very quickly.
eg With so many guests, the cake didn't last long.
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