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got the vapors

got the vapors is the simple past of get the vapors.

Meaning of get the vapors

Verb

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

  1. (dated, rare) to be about to faint

Questions about got the vapors

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

Words near got the vapors in the dictionary

  1. got the push
  2. got the runaround
  3. got the sack
  4. got the show on the road
  5. got the thumb
  6. got the vapors
  7. got the vapours
  8. got the wall
  9. got the wind up
  10. got the word out
  11. got the worst of it

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