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get under it

get under it verb: to sharply steer the other direction (e.g. to switch from right to left) when backing up in order to align a truck straight on with a loading dock.

Verb

get under it (third-person singular simple present gets under it, present participle getting under it, simple past got under it, past participle gotten under it)

  1. (US, slang, trucking) To sharply steer the other direction (e.g. to switch from right to left) when backing up in order to align a truck straight on with a loading dock.

Forms of get under it

third-person singular presentgets under it
present participlegetting under it
pastgot under it
past participlegotten under it

Questions about get under it

What does get under it mean?
Get under it means to sharply steer the other direction (e.g. to switch from right to left) when backing up in order to align a truck straight on with a loading dock.
What part of speech is get under it?
Get under it is a verb.
What is the past tense of get under it?
The past tense of get under it is got under it.

Words near get under it in the dictionary

  1. get to the fireworks factory
  2. get to the point
  3. get to work
  4. get together
  5. get turned around
  6. get under it
  7. get under someone's goat
  8. get under someone's skin
  9. get underneath someone's skin
  10. get up
  11. get up early

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