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gotten one's shirt out

gotten one's shirt out is the past participle of get one's shirt out.

Meaning of get one's shirt out

Verb

get one's shirt out (third-person singular simple present gets one's shirt out, present participle getting one's shirt out, simple past got one's shirt out, past participle (UK) got one's shirt out or (US) gotten one's shirt out)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To become angry or annoyed; to lose one's temper.
    • "All right, sir, all right," said Chizzlem, lighting a huge cigar; "there it is, don't get your shirt out about it. I daresay I'll get along well enough without you. Though why you should be ashamed at what some of the flyest men do regularly, I can't tell."1883, Robert Harborough Sherard, A Bartered Honour: A Novel, Volume 1, Remington, page 183

Questions about gotten one's shirt out

What is gotten one's shirt out the past participle of?
Gotten one's shirt out is the past participle of get one's shirt out.

Words near gotten one's shirt out in the dictionary

  1. gotten one's priorities right
  2. gotten one's priorities straight
  3. gotten one's rocks off
  4. gotten one's shine box
  5. gotten one's shinebox
  6. gotten one's shirt out
  7. gotten one's shit pushed in
  8. gotten one's shit together
  9. gotten one's shorts in a knot
  10. gotten one's shtick together
  11. gotten one's skates on

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