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gets one's fairing

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

Meaning of get one's fairing

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland) To get what one deserves.
    • Ah, Tam! ah, Tam! thou’ll get thy fairin’!
      In hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’!1791, Robert Burns, Tam O’Shanter, New York: K. Tompkins, published 1874

Questions about gets one's fairing

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

Words near gets one's fairing in the dictionary

  1. gets one's crap together
  2. gets one's dick wet
  3. gets one's ducks in a row
  4. gets one's end in
  5. gets one's eyes off
  6. gets one's fairing
  7. gets one's feet wet
  8. gets one's fill
  9. gets one's finger out
  10. gets one's fingers burnt
  11. gets one's fingers into

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