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gets the vapors

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

Meaning of get the vapors

Verb

get the vapors (third-person singular simple present gets the vapors, present participle getting the vapors, simple past got the vapors, past participle gotten the vapors)

  1. (dated, rare) to be about to faint

Questions about gets the vapors

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

Words near gets the vapors in the dictionary

  1. gets the push
  2. gets the runaround
  3. gets the sack
  4. gets the show on the road
  5. gets the thumb
  6. gets the vapors
  7. gets the vapours
  8. gets the wall
  9. gets the wind up
  10. gets the word out
  11. gets the worst of it

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