get wet

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

1. ambitransitiveliterallyTo come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.

   I stood too close to the waterfall, and I got wet.

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   The steel of this tool isn't stainless, so if you get it wet, you need to dry it off promptly.

   Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet.

   2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84

   The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet.

   2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60

2. idiomaticTo begin secreting vaginal fluid as a result of sexual arousal; to be sexually aroused.

   Sometimes I get wet right away, but other times I'm aroused but not very wet.

   2002, Sallie Foley, Sally A. Kope, Dennis P. Sugrue, Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self, page 281

   Synonyms: grool

3. slangTo abuse phencyclidine (commonly known as "PCP" or "angel dust").

   Alonzo Harris: […] Didn't know you liked to get wet, dog. Jake Hoyt: What's "wet"? Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That's what you had. That's what you were smoking, you couldn't taste it?

   2001, David Ayer, Training Day