Why did the chicken cross the road? To recover! (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
get over
'recover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for get over that I've seen before include "Deal with successfully, improve in health" , "Clear" , "Recover" , "master?" .)