overget

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verb

To get more than expected or due.

Opposite
underget
OriginMiddle English overgeten →
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Meanings

verboverget (third-person singular simple present overgets, present participle overgetting, simple past overgot or (archaic) overgat, past participle overgot or (archaic) overgat or overgotten)

present singular third person overgets · participle present overgetting · past overgot · archaic past overgat · participle past overgot · archaic participle past overgat · participle past overgotten

  1. ambitransitiveTo get more than expected or due.

    Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money.

    1885, Edmund B. Ivatts, Railway management at stations
  2. archaictransitiveTo attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
  3. archaictransitiveTo get beyond; get over; recover from.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
underget

Origin

  1. Middle Englishovergeten
  2. Englishoverget

From Middle English overgeten; equivalent to over- + get. Cognate with Scots overget (“to overtake”). Compare Old English oferġietan (“to forget, disregard, neglect”).

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APA

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MLA

“overget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overget. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overget,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overget.

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