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getting sick

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

Meaning of get sick

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
    Synonyms:
    fall ill, take sick
  2. (euphemistic) To vomit.
    • "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about getting sick

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

Words near getting sick in the dictionary

  1. getting right down to cases
  2. getting right into it
  3. getting round
  4. getting round to
  5. getting rounds
  6. getting sick
  7. getting some
  8. getting some air
  9. getting someone at it
  10. getting someone for a Tartar
  11. getting someone in a line

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