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got the idea

got the idea is the simple past and past participle of get the idea.

Meaning of get the idea

Verb

get the idea (third-person singular simple present gets the idea, present participle getting the idea, simple past got the idea, past participle gotten the idea or got the idea)

  1. To understand the main points.

Questions about got the idea

What is got the idea the simple past and past participle of?
Got the idea is the simple past and past participle of get the idea.

Words near got the idea in the dictionary

  1. got the drift
  2. got the drop on
  3. got the goods on
  4. got the hang of
  5. got the hint
  6. got the idea
  7. got the job done
  8. got the last laugh
  9. got the lead out
  10. got the memo
  11. got the nod

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got the idea (page history and authors); get the idea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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