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gotten the hint

gotten the hint is the past participle of get the hint.

Meaning of get the hint

Verb

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

  1. To take a hint.

Questions about gotten the hint

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

Words near gotten the hint in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten the hint (page history and authors); get the hint (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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