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get oneself together

get oneself together verb: to dress and prepare oneself for an event. Also the alternative form of pull oneself together.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To dress and prepare oneself for an event
    • I need to get myself together before we leave.

Also used as

get oneself together is also the alternative form of pull oneself together.

Forms of get oneself together

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

Questions about get oneself together

What does get oneself together mean?
Get oneself together means to dress and prepare oneself for an event.
What part of speech is get oneself together?
Get oneself together is a verb.
What is the past tense of get oneself together?
The past tense of get oneself together is got oneself together.

Words near get oneself together in the dictionary

  1. get one's undies in a bundle
  2. get one's way
  3. get one's wig split
  4. get one's wires crossed
  5. get one's ya-yas out
  6. get oneself together
  7. get onto
  8. get open
  9. get out
  10. get out from under
  11. get out of

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