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gets got

gets got is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get got.

Meaning of get got

Verb

get got (third-person singular simple present gets got, present participle getting got, simple past and past participle got got)

  1. (slang) To get taken or apprehended; to get beaten or defeated; to be vanquished or come to some form of demise.
    • In prison I knew I had to make the first move or else I'd be gettin' got.

Questions about gets got

What is gets got the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets got is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get got.

Words near gets got in the dictionary

  1. gets fresh
  2. gets from a Cracker Jack box
  3. gets glad in the same britches one got mad in
  4. gets glad in the same pants one got mad in
  5. gets going
  6. gets got
  7. gets gray hair from
  8. gets grey hair from
  9. gets high
  10. gets hitched
  11. gets hold of

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