build a bridge and get over it
To cease worrying or complaining about something and move onTo cease worrying or complaining about something and move on.
» Who built it?
Wer hat es erbaut? — MUIRIEL
Wer hat es gebaut? — BraveSentry
Кто его построил? — marafon
Кто её построил? — marafon
Хто побудував це? — Anjy
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1 senses(colloquial, imperative)To cease worrying or complaining about something and move on.
Examples
61 sentencesWho built it?
Хто побудував це? — Anjy
ruКто его построил? — marafon
deWer hat es erbaut? — MUIRIEL
I built it.
Я його побудував. — deniko
ruЯ её построил. — marafon
deIch habe es gebaut. — Yorwba
We built it together.
Ми побудували його разом. — deniko
Build it, and they will come.
It took many years to build it.
ruНа его постройку ушло много лет. — sharptoothed
deEs hat vieler Jahre bedurft, es zu bauen. — Tamy
Origin
A play on the literal and figurative senses of get over.A play on the literal and figurative senses of get over.
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Forms
builds a bridge and gets over it, building a bridge and getting over it, built a bridge and got over it, built a bridge and got over it| Base form | build a bridge and get over it · to build a bridge and get over it |
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| 3rd person singular | builds a bridge and gets over it |
| Present participle | building a bridge and getting over it |
| Past simple | built a bridge and got over it |
| Past participle | built a bridge and got over it / built a bridge and gotten over it |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | build a bridge and get over it |
| he, she, it | builds a bridge and gets over it |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | built a bridge and got over it |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have built a bridge and got over it |
| he, she, it | has built a bridge and got over it |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will build a bridge and get over it |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle