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got one's head straight

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

Meaning of get one's head straight

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To clear one's mind; to think clearly.
    • It took me a long time to get my head straight. I met this woman. She was on welfare, had two children, practically illiterate she was; she could barely read the labels on canned food. Lucky they had pictures on most food.1978, George Davis, Love, Black Love, Anchor Books, →ISBN

Questions about got one's head straight

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

Words near got one's head straight in the dictionary

  1. got one's hands on
  2. got one's head around
  3. got one's head out of one's ass
  4. got one's head out of the gutter
  5. got one's head out one's ass
  6. got one's head straight
  7. got one's head together
  8. got one's hole
  9. got one's hooks into
  10. got one's hopes up
  11. got one's house in order

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