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got high

got high is the simple past of get high.

got high is the past participle of get high.

Meaning of get high

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
    • I get high with a little help from my friends1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles
    Synonyms:
    get wasted
    Antonyms:
    come down, sober up
  2. (figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.
    • But if we can do it, you can do it / Won't you try / Don't let your life and all this beauty pass you by / Get high on life, get high on life / Get high on life, get high on life1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.

Questions about got high

What is got high the simple past of?
Got high is the simple past of get high.

Words near got high in the dictionary

  1. got glad in the same pants one got mad in
  2. got going
  3. got got
  4. got gray hair from
  5. got grey hair from
  6. got high
  7. got hitched
  8. got hold of
  9. got home
  10. got ideas
  11. got in

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