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got it how one lived

got it how one lived is the simple past and past participle of get it how one lives.

Meaning of get it how one lives

Verb

get it how one lives (third-person singular simple present gets it how one lives, present participle getting it how one lives, simple past got it how one lived, past participle got it how one lived or gotten it how one lived)

  1. (idiomatic, African-American Vernacular) To achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.

Questions about got it how one lived

What is got it how one lived the simple past and past participle of?
Got it how one lived is the simple past and past participle of get it how one lives.

Words near got it how one lived in the dictionary

  1. got into the wrong hands
  2. got into trouble
  3. got it
  4. got it going on
  5. got it how one got it
  6. got it how one lived
  7. got it how one lived it
  8. got it in
  9. got it in for
  10. got it in the neck
  11. got it on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got it how one lived (page history and authors); get it how one lives (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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