Deal is the only verb I can think of where an expletive object flips the meaning 180 degrees vs. a concrete one. Taking more examples from your link: - "I don

Deal is the only verb I can think of where an expletive object flips the meaning 180 degrees vs. a concrete one. Taking more examples from your link: - "I don't get it" == "I don't understand [something]", in the same way that "I don't get math" == "I don't understand math." - "He made it" == "He succeeded [generally]", but you can drop in several concrete goals: "He made the team/grade/partner" == "He was successful at ..." - "Deal with the problem" == "Take some action to solve the problem", but "Deal with it" == "Abide the current situation because it will not change".