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get into character

get into character verb: of an actor, to put oneself into the mindset of the character they are playing.

Verb

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

  1. Of an actor, to put oneself into the mindset of the character they are playing.

Forms of get into character

third-person singular presentgets into character
present participlegetting into character
pastgot into character
past participlegot into character
past participlegotten into character

Questions about get into character

What does get into character mean?
Get into character means of an actor, to put oneself into the mindset of the character they are playing.
What part of speech is get into character?
Get into character is a verb.
What is the past tense of get into character?
The past tense of get into character is got into character.

Words near get into character in the dictionary

  1. get in touch
  2. get in with
  3. get ink
  4. get inside someone's pants
  5. get into
  6. get into character
  7. get into it
  8. get into one's stride
  9. get into shape
  10. get into someone's head
  11. get into someone's pants

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