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get one's head together

get one's head together verb: to sort out one's thoughts.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To sort out one's thoughts.

Forms of get one's head together

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

Questions about get one's head together

What does get one's head together mean?
Get one's head together means to sort out one's thoughts.
What part of speech is get one's head together?
Get one's head together is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's head together?
The past tense of get one's head together is got one's head together.

Words near get one's head together in the dictionary

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

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