get oneself together

verb

To dress and prepare oneself for an event

“I need to get myself together before we leave.”

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Meanings

verbget oneself together (third-person singular simple present gets oneself together, present participle getting oneself together, simple past got oneself together, past participle (UK) got oneself together or (US) gotten oneself together)

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

  1. alternativeidiomaticAlternative form of pull oneself together.

    "My place," he said and he fought to get himself together.

    2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 25, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 135
  2. idiomaticTo dress and prepare oneself for an event

    I need to get myself together before we leave.

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APA

get oneself together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20oneself%20together

MLA

“get oneself together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20oneself%20together. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get oneself together,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20oneself%20together.

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