Blendship

[Sam Clements]

Wilson, and Elizabeth.

Re: "get over on"

In my experience of living in Ohio for 35 years, I have heard natives(who
were usually from Southern Ohio/WestVirginia/Southwestern PA. extraction)
use this term to mean  "take advantage of" or something similar.

Other than this group, I seldom have encountered the phrase.

Sam Clements


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Coppock" <coppock at STANFORD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Blendship


> what does it mean to "get over on"?
>
>
> Liz
>
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 8:32 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
> > Subject:      Blendship
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> > In a novel that I'm reading, a character thinks that another character
> > "... had gotten something over on her." This looks like a blend of "get
> > over on" with "put something over on."
> >
> > -Wilson Gray
> >
>