get sick

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. CanadaUSUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.

    Synonyms: fall ill, take sick

  2. euphemisticTo vomit.

    "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.

    2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Synonyms & antonyms

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.

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fall illtake sick
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APA

get sick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20sick

MLA

“get sick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20sick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get sick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20sick.

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