2019年3月22日 星期五

get over, root for someone/something


James Comey: What I Want From the Mueller Report
By JAMES COMEY
I am rooting for a demonstration to the world that the United States justice system works.




• The rise and rise of #mprraccoon. A raccoon climbed a 25-story building in St. Paul, Minn., and became a Twitter sensation along the way. (But not everyone was rooting for the peaceful ending.) [The New York Times]
You know things are bad when you start rooting for the enemy. For coal miners, it's that bad.



In 1999, Stephen Manes quoted McNealy as saying, "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."[20] Manes criticized the statement in his Full Disclosure column: "He's right on the facts, wrong on the attitude. ... Instead of 'getting over it', citizens need to demand clear rules on privacy, security, and confidentiality."[20] The authors of Privacy in the 21st Centuryadmitted, "While a shocking statement, there is an element of truth in it."[21]



get over

phrasal verb of get
  1. 1.
    recover from (an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience).

    "the trip will help him get over Sal's death"
    synonyms:recover from, recuperate from, get better after, pull through, shrug off, survive, come round from
    "I have only just got over flu"
  2. 2.
    overcome (a difficulty).




root for someone/something Meaning in the Cambridge English ...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/root-for-someone-something

root for someone/something definition: to express your support for the success of someone or something: . Learn more.

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