get sth out of your system
informalDefinition
› If you get something out of your system, you get rid of a wish or emotion, especially a negative one, by allowing yourself to express it: I had a really good shout at him this morning and got it out of my system.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of get sth out of your system from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get sth off your chest idiom
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get sth out of sb phrasal verb
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get sth out of sth phrasal verb
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get sth out of the way idiom
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get sth out of your mind idiom
- get sth out of your system idiom
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get sth over with phrasal verb
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get sth up phrasal verb
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get stuck in idiom
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get stuffed! idiom
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get the better of sb idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- approach verb (DEAL WITH)
- attack verb (DEAL WITH)
- attend to sb/sth phrasal verb
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth phrasal verb
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront verb
- firefight verb
- firefighting noun (PROBLEMS)
- get sth in phrasal verb (FIND TIME)
- jump-start verb (SITUATION)
- overcome verb (DEAL WITH)
- process verb (DEAL WITH)
- reckon with sb/sth phrasal verb
- see about sth phrasal verb
- see to sth/sb phrasal verb
- set about sth phrasal verb
- turn (sth) to sth phrasal verb
- weather the storm idiom
- weather verb (DEAL WITH)
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