"get high" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get high.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets high [present, singular, third-person], getting high [participle, present], got high [past], got high [UK, participle, past], gotten high [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> high}} get high (third-person singular simple present gets high, present participle getting high, simple past got high, past participle (UK) got high or (US) gotten high)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances. Tags: idiomatic, slang Synonyms: get stoned, get wasted
    Sense id: en-get_high-en-verb-roERUPHp
  2. (figurative, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs. Tags: figuratively, slang
    Sense id: en-get_high-en-verb-RUFdTXS0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 66 4
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high. Translations (get high): se défoncer (French), endrogarse (Galician), betép [slang] (Hungarian), beáll [slang] (Hungarian), drogarsi (Italian), farsi (Italian), ćpać (Polish), jarać (Polish), пыхнуть (pyxnutʹ) (Russian), накуриться (nakuritʹsja) (Russian), словить кайф (slovitʹ kajf) (Russian), zadeti se (Slovene), drogarse (Spanish), colocarse (Spanish), pichicatearse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-get_high-en-verb-Cv5sNssE Disambiguation of 'get high': 0 16 84

Inflected forms

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