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getting one's priorities straight

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

Meaning of get one's priorities straight

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of get one's act together.

Questions about getting one's priorities straight

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

Words near getting one's priorities straight in the dictionary

  1. getting one's panties in a bunch
  2. getting one's panties in a pretzel
  3. getting one's panties in a wad
  4. getting one's poop together
  5. getting one's priorities right
  6. getting one's priorities straight
  7. getting one's rocks off
  8. getting one's shine box
  9. getting one's shinebox
  10. getting one's shirt out
  11. getting one's shit pushed in

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