get over the line

get over the line (third-person singular simple present gets over the line, present participle getting over the line, simple past got over the line, past participle got over the line or gotten over the line)

1. To fulfil one's task; to do what is required.

   Synonym: get the job done

   • 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Midfielder Jill Scott, who had suffered defeat at the hands of the Germans in the final in 2009, came on in extra time to help England get over the line and was overcome with emotion.

   • 2024 July 13, Laura Onita, Eleanor Olcott, “Shein's master of reinvention treads tricky path to IPO”, in FT Weekend, page 11:

     Responsible for public affairs, business strategy, corporate development and finance, he [Donald Tang] now faces the task of getting an initial public offering over the line in London after ditching earlier plans to list in New York in the face of US political opposition.

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