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get one's claws on

get one's claws on verb: synonym of get one's hands on (“acquire”).

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) Synonym of get one's hands on (“acquire”).

Synonyms of get one's claws on

Forms of get one's claws on

third-person singular presentgets one's claws on
present participlegetting one's claws on
pastgot one's claws on
past participle UKgot one's claws on
past participle USgotten one's claws on

Questions about get one's claws on

What does get one's claws on mean?
Get one's claws on means synonym of get one's hands on (“acquire”).
What part of speech is get one's claws on?
Get one's claws on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's claws on?
The past tense of get one's claws on is got one's claws on.

Words near get one's claws on in the dictionary

  1. get one's ass into gear
  2. get one's bowels in an uproar
  3. get one's breath back
  4. get one's butt somewhere
  5. get one's claws into
  6. get one's claws on
  7. get one's claws out
  8. get one's clock cleaned
  9. get one's crap together
  10. get one's dick wet
  11. get one's ducks in a row

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