get into trouble

verb

To be punished or chastised for doing something prohibited.

“You'll get us all into trouble if you don't keep quiet.”

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run into troublerun aground
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Meanings

verbget 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)

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

  1. intransitiveTo be punished or chastised for doing something prohibited.
  2. transitiveTo cause to be punished.

    You'll get us all into trouble if you don't keep quiet.

  3. intransitiveTo fall into difficulty.

    Synonyms: run into trouble, run aground

  4. Of a woman, especially a single or young woman:
    1. euphemisticintransitiveslangTo become pregnant.
    2. euphemisticslangtransitiveTo make pregnant.

      He got a girl into trouble and had to marry her.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo fall into difficulty.

Similar
run into troublerun aground
Also see
fall pregnant

Translations

Polish doigrać się
  • doigrać sięTranslations
Spanish enhuevarse, meterse en problemas
  • enhuevarseTranslations
  • meterse en problemasTranslations
  • meterse en líosTranslations
  • engüevarseTranslations
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APA

get into trouble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20trouble

MLA

“get into trouble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20trouble. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get into trouble,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20trouble.

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