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get sick

get sick verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
    Synonyms:
    fall ill, take sick
  2. (euphemistic) To vomit.
    • "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Synonyms of get sick

Forms of get sick

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

Questions about get sick

What does get sick mean?
Get sick means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
What part of speech is get sick?
Get sick is a verb.
What is the past tense of get sick?
The past tense of get sick is got sick.

Words near get sick in the dictionary

  1. get right into it
  2. get round
  3. get round to
  4. get rounds
  5. get screwed
  6. get sick
  7. get some
  8. get some air
  9. get someone at it
  10. get someone for a Tartar
  11. get someone in a line

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