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gotten the idea

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

Meaning of get the idea

Verb

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

  1. To understand the main points.

Questions about gotten the idea

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

Words near gotten the idea in the dictionary

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

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