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got one's shit together

got one's shit together is the simple past of get one's shit together.

Meaning of get one's shit together

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To organize oneself in order to be able to deal with or achieve something; to mature.
    • Nothing says “getting my sh*t together” like a shelf filled with self-improvement books. Get their collection started with this best-selling book on making the most of the new decade they’re navigating.2024 May 10, Hannah Oh, Daisy Maldonado, “50 College Graduation Gifts That Say, “I’m So Effing Proud of You!””, in Cosmopolitan

Questions about got one's shit together

What is got one's shit together the simple past of?
Got one's shit together is the simple past of get one's shit together.

Words near got one's shit together in the dictionary

  1. got one's rocks off
  2. got one's shine box
  3. got one's shinebox
  4. got one's shirt out
  5. got one's shit pushed in
  6. got one's shit together
  7. got one's shorts in a knot
  8. got one's shtick together
  9. got one's skates on
  10. got one's teeth into
  11. got one's ticket punched

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