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get it how one lives

get it how one lives verb: to achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.

Verb

get it how one lives (third-person singular simple present gets it how one lives, present participle getting it how one lives, simple past got it how one lived, past participle got it how one lived or gotten it how one lived)

  1. (idiomatic, African-American Vernacular) To achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.

Forms of get it how one lives

third-person singular presentgets it how one lives
present participlegetting it how one lives
pastgot it how one lived
past participlegot it how one lived
past participlegotten it how one lived
alternative formget it how one lives it
alternative formget it how one gets it

Questions about get it how one lives

What does get it how one lives mean?
Get it how one lives means to achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.
What part of speech is get it how one lives?
Get it how one lives is a verb.
What is the past tense of get it how one lives?
The past tense of get it how one lives is got it how one lived.

Words near get it how one lives in the dictionary

  1. get into the act
  2. get into the wrong hands
  3. get into trouble
  4. get it
  5. get it how one gets it
  6. get it how one lives
  7. get it how one lives it
  8. get it in
  9. get it in the neck
  10. get it in ya
  11. get it on

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