| 词组 | over with |
| 释义 | over with Over with has been cited as an error or as a colloquialism in usage handbooks throughout the 20th century. The critics typically regard the with as superfluous. Some advise using over by itself; others express a preference for finished or ended. Our evidence indicates that over with occurs primarily in speech and in writing that has the informal quality of speech. It serves especially to express a desire or determination to have something unpleasant done or finished as soon as possible: • I will be real glad when this television thing is over with —Flannery O'Connor, letter, 18 May 1955 Its most characteristic use is with the verb get: • We may both live to be sorry we didn't go through school... and get it over with —Robert Frost, letter, 26 May 1926 • ... talked of the need "to get this over with, the best way we can." —Eric F. Goldman, Harper's, January 1969 • We want to tackle a problem and get it over with — Henry Huglin, Center Mag., January/February 1970 • The Carter administration, no doubt, will now try to ignore the flap and get the renominations over with — Wall Street Jour., 3 June 1980 Such usage is perfectly idiomatic and need not be avoided in an appropriate context. |
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