put something behind one
English
Verb
put something behind one (third-person singular simple present puts something behind one, present participle putting something behind one, simple past and past participle put something behind one)
- (idiomatic, transitive) To recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief.
- The losing candidate was just glad to put it behind him after months on the campaign trail.
- 2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport:
- Owen Hargreaves put his injury problems behind him with a fabulous goal on his debut as Manchester City beat holders Birmingham City to reach the fourth round of the Carling Cup.
Synonyms
- get over
- move on