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got sick

got sick is the simple past of get sick.

got sick is the past participle of get sick.

Meaning of get sick

Verb

get sick (third-person singular simple present gets sick, present participle getting sick, simple past got sick, past participle (UK) got sick or (US) gotten sick)

  1. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
    Synonyms:
    fall ill, take sick
  2. (euphemistic) To vomit.
    • "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about got sick

What is got sick the simple past of?
Got sick is the simple past of get sick.

Words near got sick in the dictionary

  1. got right down to cases
  2. got right into it
  3. got round
  4. got round to
  5. got rounds
  6. got sick
  7. got some
  8. got some air
  9. got someone at it
  10. got someone for a Tartar
  11. got someone in a line

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