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get bent

get bent interjection: used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.

Verb

get bent (third-person singular simple present gets bent, present participle getting bent, simple past and past participle got bent)

  1. (UK, colloquial, derogatory) To be revealed as homosexual.
    • It's because of us. We've broke his heart, Roscoe. I got pregnant, you got bent. And he walks around all day in despair.2021, Russell T. Davies, It's a Sin, episode 2, spoken by Solly Babatunde (Shaniqua Okwok)

Synonyms of get bent

All synonyms of get bent

Forms of get bent

third-person singular presentgets bent
present participlegetting bent
past participlegot bent
pastgot bent

Questions about get bent

What does get bent mean?
Get bent means used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.
What part of speech is get bent?
Get bent can be an interjection or a verb.

Words near get bent in the dictionary

  1. get back on the horse
  2. get back on the horse that bucked one
  3. get back to
  4. get beans
  5. get behind
  6. get bent
  7. get bent out of shape
  8. get better
  9. get between
  10. get big or get out
  11. get blood from a stone

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