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gets sick

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

Meaning of get sick

Verb

get sick (third-person singular simple present gets sick, present participle getting sick, simple past got sick, past participle (UK) got sick or (US) gotten sick)

  1. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
    Synonyms:
    fall ill, take sick
  2. (euphemistic) To vomit.
    • "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about gets sick

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

Words near gets sick in the dictionary

  1. gets right down to cases
  2. gets right into it
  3. gets round
  4. gets round to
  5. gets rounds
  6. gets sick
  7. gets some
  8. gets some air
  9. gets someone at it
  10. gets someone for a Tartar
  11. gets someone in a line

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