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getting up with the chickens

getting up with the chickens is the present participle and gerund of get up with the chickens.

Meaning of get up with the chickens

Verb

get up with the chickens (third-person singular simple present gets up with the chickens, present participle getting up with the chickens, simple past got up with the chickens, past participle (UK) got up with the chickens or (US) gotten up with the chickens)

  1. (idiomatic) to wake up early

Questions about getting up with the chickens

What is getting up with the chickens the present participle and gerund of?
Getting up with the chickens is the present participle and gerund of get up with the chickens.

Words near getting up with the chickens in the dictionary

  1. getting up in
  2. getting up in someone's face
  3. getting up in someone's grill
  4. getting up into
  5. getting up to
  6. getting up with the chickens
  7. getting used to
  8. getting wasted
  9. getting well
  10. getting wet
  11. getting what one asked for

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