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got one's finger out

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

Meaning of get one's finger out

Verb

get one's finger out (third-person singular simple present gets one's finger out, present participle getting one's finger out, simple past got one's finger out, past participle (UK) got one's finger out or (US) gotten one's finger out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To proceed with the matter in hand.

Questions about got one's finger out

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

Words near got one's finger out in the dictionary

  1. got one's end in
  2. got one's eyes off
  3. got one's fairing
  4. got one's feet wet
  5. got one's fill
  6. got one's finger out
  7. got one's fingers burnt
  8. got one's fingers into
  9. got one's foot in the door
  10. got one's freak on
  11. got one's fuck on

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