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get one's head straight

get one's head straight verb: to clear one's mind; to think clearly.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To clear one's mind; to think clearly.
    • It took me a long time to get my head straight. I met this woman. She was on welfare, had two children, practically illiterate she was; she could barely read the labels on canned food. Lucky they had pictures on most food.1978, George Davis, Love, Black Love, Anchor Books, →ISBN
    • I would need to get my head straight before I hurt somebody. Speaking of getting my head straight, I couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. My hair was a hot mess. So of course I called the Dominicans and booked yet another[…]2009 April 1, Brandi L. Bates, The Head Mistress, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 31

Forms of get one's head straight

third-person singular presentgets one's head straight
present participlegetting one's head straight
pastgot one's head straight
past participle UKgot one's head straight
past participle USgotten one's head straight

Questions about get one's head straight

What does get one's head straight mean?
Get one's head straight means to clear one's mind; to think clearly.
What part of speech is get one's head straight?
Get one's head straight is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's head straight?
The past tense of get one's head straight is got one's head straight.

Words near get one's head straight in the dictionary

  1. get one's head around
  2. get one's head out of one's ass
  3. get one's head out of the gutter
  4. get one's head out one's ass
  5. get one's head right
  6. get one's head straight
  7. get one's head together
  8. get one's hole
  9. get one's hooks into
  10. get one's hopes up
  11. get one's house in order

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