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getting one's fairing

getting one's fairing is the present participle and gerund of get one's fairing.

Meaning of get one's fairing

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland) To get what one deserves.
    • Ah, Tam! ah, Tam! thou’ll get thy fairin’!
      In hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’!1791, Robert Burns, Tam O’Shanter, New York: K. Tompkins, published 1874

Questions about getting one's fairing

What is getting one's fairing the present participle and gerund of?
Getting one's fairing is the present participle and gerund of get one's fairing.

Words near getting one's fairing in the dictionary

  1. getting one's crap together
  2. getting one's dick wet
  3. getting one's ducks in a row
  4. getting one's end in
  5. getting one's eyes off
  6. getting one's fairing
  7. getting one's feet wet
  8. getting one's fill
  9. getting one's finger out
  10. getting one's fingers burnt
  11. getting one's fingers into

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