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got one's head around

got one's head around is the simple past of get one's head around.

got one's head around is the past participle of get one's head around.

Meaning of get one's head around

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve.
    • How did you get this number? / I can't get my head 'round you2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, in Detail

Questions about got one's head around

What is got one's head around the simple past of?
Got one's head around is the simple past of get one's head around.

Words near got one's head around in the dictionary

  1. got one's freak on
  2. got one's fuck on
  3. got one's groove on
  4. got one's hands dirty
  5. got one's hands on
  6. got one's head around
  7. got one's head out of one's ass
  8. got one's head out of the gutter
  9. got one's head out one's ass
  10. got one's head straight
  11. got one's head together

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