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get life

get life verb: to receive a life sentence.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To receive a life sentence.

Forms of get life

third-person singular presentgets life
present participlegetting life
pastgot life
past participle UKgot life
past participle USgotten life

Questions about get life

What does get life mean?
Get life means to receive a life sentence.
What part of speech is get life?
Get life is a verb.
What is the past tense of get life?
The past tense of get life is got life.

Words near get life in the dictionary

  1. get it up
  2. get jiggy
  3. get knotted
  4. get laid
  5. get late
  6. get life
  7. get lost
  8. get lucky
  9. get Mario Karted
  10. get married
  11. get medieval

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