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gotten into trouble

gotten into trouble is the past participle of get into trouble.

Meaning of get into trouble

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be punished or chastised for doing something prohibited.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be punished.
    • You'll get us all into trouble if you don't keep quiet.
  3. (intransitive) To fall into difficulty.
    Synonyms:
    run into trouble, run aground
  4. (euphemistic, intransitive, slang) To become pregnant.
  5. (euphemistic, slang, transitive) To make pregnant.
    • He got a girl into trouble and had to marry her.

Questions about gotten into trouble

What is gotten into trouble the past participle of?
Gotten into trouble is the past participle of get into trouble.

Words near gotten into trouble in the dictionary

  1. gotten into shape
  2. gotten into someone's head
  3. gotten into someone's pants
  4. gotten into the act
  5. gotten into the wrong hands
  6. gotten into trouble
  7. gotten it
  8. gotten it how one has gotten it
  9. gotten it how one lived
  10. gotten it how one lived it
  11. gotten it in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten into trouble (page history and authors); get into trouble (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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