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getting got

getting got is the present participle and gerund of get got.

Meaning of get got

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To get taken or apprehended; to get beaten or defeated; to be vanquished or come to some form of demise.
    • In prison I knew I had to make the first move or else I'd be gettin' got.

Questions about getting got

What is getting got the present participle and gerund of?
Getting got is the present participle and gerund of get got.

Words near getting got in the dictionary

  1. getting fresh
  2. getting from a Cracker Jack box
  3. getting glad in the same britches one got mad in
  4. getting glad in the same pants one got mad in
  5. getting going
  6. getting got
  7. getting gray hair from
  8. getting grey hair from
  9. getting high
  10. getting hitched
  11. getting hold of

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