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getting turned around

getting turned around is the present participle and gerund of get turned around.

Meaning of get turned around

Verb

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

  1. To become lost; to lose one's way.
    • I didn’t do well in cities and remembered why as I crawled up roads at snail’s pace and got turned around by one-way streets.2015 September 15, Victoria Blisse, Good Manors, Lincoln, England: Totally Entwined Group, →ISBN, page 197

Questions about getting turned around

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

Words near getting turned around in the dictionary

  1. getting to one's feet
  2. getting to the bottom of
  3. getting to the fireworks factory
  4. getting to the point
  5. getting together
  6. getting turned around
  7. getting under it
  8. getting under one's goat
  9. getting under someone's skin
  10. getting underneath someone's skin
  11. getting up

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