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gets one's ass handed to one

gets one's ass handed to one is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's ass handed to one.

Meaning of get one's ass handed to one

Verb

get one's ass handed to one (third-person singular simple present gets one's ass handed to one, present participle getting one's ass handed to one, simple past got one's ass handed to one, past participle gotten one's ass handed to one)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To suffer an extraordinarily devastating defeat.
    Synonyms:
    get one's head handed to one, have one's ass handed to one, have one's head handed to one

Questions about gets one's ass handed to one

What is gets one's ass handed to one the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets one's ass handed to one is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's ass handed to one.

Words near gets one's ass handed to one in the dictionary

  1. gets one's affairs in order
  2. gets one's arms around
  3. gets one's arse in gear
  4. gets one's arse into gear
  5. gets one's ashes hauled
  6. gets one's ass handed to one
  7. gets one's ass in gear
  8. gets one's ass into gear
  9. gets one's bowels in an uproar
  10. gets one's breath back
  11. gets one's butt somewhere

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