Getting over on DARE

[Wilson Gray]

DARE dates BE "get over" with the meaning "succeed," etc. to 1971.
However, its use occurs far earlier than that. And,  for a change, I
can supply some documentation. I say "some," because, though I can
remember this term from the mid-'Fifies, I can't document it as far
back as that.

Anyway, the term occurs in the song, "Natural-Born Lover," written and
recorded by Fats Domino and released as an "Imperial" recording in
1960. The first stanza is,

Well, I done got over.
I done got over, at last.
I'm a natural-born lover,
Since I got rid of all my trouble,
Yes, I done got over, at last.

-Wilson Gray