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gotten high

gotten high is the past participle of get high.

Meaning of get high

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
    • I get high with a little help from my friends1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles
    Synonyms:
    get wasted
    Antonyms:
    come down, sober up
  2. (figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.
    • But if we can do it, you can do it / Won't you try / Don't let your life and all this beauty pass you by / Get high on life, get high on life / Get high on life, get high on life1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.

Questions about gotten high

What is gotten high the past participle of?
Gotten high is the past participle of get high.

Words near gotten high in the dictionary

  1. gotten glad in the same britches one got mad in
  2. gotten glad in the same pants one got mad in
  3. gotten going
  4. gotten gray hair from
  5. gotten grey hair from
  6. gotten high
  7. gotten hitched
  8. gotten hold of
  9. gotten home
  10. gotten ideas
  11. gotten in

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