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getting high

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

Meaning of get high

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
    • I get high with a little help from my friends1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles
    Synonyms:
    get wasted
    Antonyms:
    come down, sober up
  2. (figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.
    • But if we can do it, you can do it / Won't you try / Don't let your life and all this beauty pass you by / Get high on life, get high on life / Get high on life, get high on life1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.

Questions about getting high

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

Words near getting high in the dictionary

  1. getting glad in the same pants one got mad in
  2. getting going
  3. getting got
  4. getting gray hair from
  5. getting grey hair from
  6. getting high
  7. getting hitched
  8. getting hold of
  9. getting home
  10. getting ideas
  11. getting in

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