get high

Verb

get high (third-person singular simple present gets high, present participle getting high, simple past got high, past participle (UK) got high or (US) gotten high)

1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
   • I get high with a little help from my friends1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles
   • But now you've sucked Your lemon peel dry, / so why not get high, high, high1972, Lou Reed, “Goodnight Ladies”, in Transformer

   Synonyms:

   get wasted

   Antonyms:

   come down, sober up

2. (figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.
   • But if we can do it, you can do it / Won't you try / Don't let your life and all this beauty pass you by / Get high on life, get high on life / Get high on life, get high on life1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.