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Phrase(s): get past (someone or something)
1. to move around or ahead of someone or something that is in the way. • We have to get past the cart that is blocking the hallway. • We just couldn’t get past. 2. to pass ahead of someone or something that is moving. • I want to get past this truck, then we can get into the right lane. • When we get past, I’ll stop and let you drive., Phrase(s): get something past (someone or something)
1. Lit. to move something around or ahead of someone or something that is in the way. • Let’s get the piano past the bump in the floor, then we’ll figure out how to move it farther. • See if you can get the ball past their goalie by shooting high. 2. Fig. to get someone or a group to approve something; to work something through a bureaucracy. • Do you think we can get this past the censors? • I will never get this size increase past the board.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs