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getting one's shine box

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

Meaning of get one's shine box

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Used as an insult.
    • Make note of his stubby fingers and small hands – we all know what that means. When he responds with ever-increasing insults and shushing, tell him to go get his shinebox.2016 February 16, Ben Domenech, “At Tonight’s Debate, Take a Flamethrower to Trump”, in The Federalist (blog)

Questions about getting one's shine box

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

Words near getting one's shine box in the dictionary

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

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