get sick

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get sick

verb gets sick · getting sick · got sick · gotten sick

Canada, US Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
Similar: fall ill, take sick
euphemistic To 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.

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@misc{get_sick_2026,
  title = {get sick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20sick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}