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getting one's head straight

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

Meaning of get one's head straight

Verb

get one's head straight (third-person singular simple present gets one's head straight, present participle getting one's head straight, simple past got one's head straight, past participle (UK) got one's head straight or (US) gotten one's head straight)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To clear one's mind; to think clearly.
    • It took me a long time to get my head straight. I met this woman. She was on welfare, had two children, practically illiterate she was; she could barely read the labels on canned food. Lucky they had pictures on most food.1978, George Davis, Love, Black Love, Anchor Books, →ISBN

Questions about getting one's head straight

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

Words near getting one's head straight in the dictionary

  1. getting one's hands on
  2. getting one's head around
  3. getting one's head out of one's ass
  4. getting one's head out of the gutter
  5. getting one's head out one's ass
  6. getting one's head straight
  7. getting one's head together
  8. getting one's hole
  9. getting one's hooks into
  10. getting one's hopes up
  11. getting one's house in order

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