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get ideas

get ideas verb: to get the inspiration or temptation to do something unwise.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To get the inspiration or temptation to do something unwise.
    • I just recounted a few silly stories from high school, but don't get any ideas!

Forms of get ideas

third-person singular presentgets ideas
present participlegetting ideas
pastgot ideas
past participlegotten ideas
past participlegot ideas

Questions about get ideas

What does get ideas mean?
Get ideas means to get the inspiration or temptation to do something unwise.
What part of speech is get ideas?
Get ideas is a verb.
What is the past tense of get ideas?
The past tense of get ideas is got ideas.

Words near get ideas in the dictionary

  1. get hitched
  2. get hold of
  3. get home
  4. get home bag
  5. get home bags
  6. get ideas
  7. get in
  8. get in on
  9. get in on the act
  10. get in one's way
  11. get in price

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