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gets one's head around

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

Meaning of get one's head around

Verb

get one's head around (third-person singular simple present gets one's head around, present participle getting one's head around, simple past got one's head around, past participle (UK) got one's head around or (US) gotten one's head around)

  1. (informal, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve.
    • How did you get this number? / I can't get my head 'round you2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, in Detail

Questions about gets one's head around

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

Words near gets one's head around in the dictionary

  1. gets one's freak on
  2. gets one's fuck on
  3. gets one's groove on
  4. gets one's hands dirty
  5. gets one's hands on
  6. gets one's head around
  7. gets one's head out of one's ass
  8. gets one's head out of the gutter
  9. gets one's head out one's ass
  10. gets one's head straight
  11. gets one's head together

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