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getting the vapors

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

Meaning of get the vapors

Verb

get the vapors (third-person singular simple present gets the vapors, present participle getting the vapors, simple past got the vapors, past participle gotten the vapors)

  1. (dated, rare) to be about to faint

Questions about getting the vapors

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

Words near getting the vapors in the dictionary

  1. getting the push
  2. getting the runaround
  3. getting the sack
  4. getting the show on the road
  5. getting the thumb
  6. getting the vapors
  7. getting the vapours
  8. getting the wall
  9. getting the wind up
  10. getting the word out
  11. getting the worst of it

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