get high

present singular third person gets high · participle present getting high · past got high · UK participle past got high · US participle past gotten high

1. idiomaticslangTo intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.

   I get high with a little help from my friends

   1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles

   2 more examples

   But now you've sucked Your lemon peel dry, / so why not get high, high, high

   1972, Lou Reed, “Goodnight Ladies”, in Transformer

   I was going to make love to you, but I got high

   2001, “Because I Got High”, in Because I Got High, performed by Afroman

   Synonyms: get wasted · Antonyms: come down, sober up

2. figurativelyslangTo 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 life

   1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.