Usually means: Overcome obstacle or move beyond.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (get past)

verb:  To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
verb:  To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
verb:  (figurative, of a mistake) To pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it.
verb:  (figurative, by extension) To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.
verb:  (figurative, by extension) To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.

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