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get one's

get one's verb: to get what's coming to one; to receive one's comeuppance; to suffer the undesirable consequences of one's misdeeds.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To get what's coming to one; to receive one's comeuppance; to suffer the undesirable consequences of one's misdeeds.
    • Don't worry about that asshole: he's gonna get his!

Forms of get one's

third-person singular presentgets one's
present participlegetting one's
pastgot one's
past participlegotten one's
past participlegot one's

Questions about get one's

What does get one's mean?
Get one's means to get what's coming to one; to receive one's comeuppance; to suffer the undesirable consequences of one's misdeeds.
What part of speech is get one's?
Get one's is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's?
The past tense of get one's is got one's.

Words near get one's in the dictionary

  1. get on up
  2. get on with
  3. get on with you
  4. get one over on
  5. get one up on
  6. get one's
  7. get one's a into g
  8. get one's act together
  9. get one's affairs in order
  10. get one's arms around
  11. get one's arse in gear

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