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got one's fairing

got one's fairing is the simple past and past participle of get one's fairing.

Meaning of get one's fairing

Verb

get one's fairing (third-person singular simple present gets one's fairing, present participle getting one's fairing, simple past and past participle got one's fairing)

  1. (Scotland) To get what one deserves.
    • Ah, Tam! ah, Tam! thou’ll get thy fairin’!
      In hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’!1791, Robert Burns, Tam O’Shanter, New York: K. Tompkins, published 1874

Questions about got one's fairing

What is got one's fairing the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's fairing is the simple past and past participle of get one's fairing.

Words near got one's fairing in the dictionary

  1. got one's crap together
  2. got one's dick wet
  3. got one's ducks in a row
  4. got one's end in
  5. got one's eyes off
  6. got one's fairing
  7. got one's feet wet
  8. got one's fill
  9. got one's finger out
  10. got one's fingers burnt
  11. got one's fingers into

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