get one's

Idioms  

1. In addition to the idioms beginning with get one's, also see get someone's.

2. Get one's due punishment or reward, as in If they put off their schoolwork to go the ball game, sooner or later they'll get theirs , or The union members were prepared to go on strike; they were determined to get theirs . The punishment version is earlier, dating from about 1900.

3. Be killed, as in “He'd got his . I knew it by the way his head rolled in my hands” (Rudyard Kipling, Diversity of Creatures , 1913). This usage originated in the military. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

“It’s hard to get one’s head around when these data centers are going to be built, when they’re operational and when they start cash flowing,” Wein told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

McMurtry’s life, like his bulging bibliography, is tough to get one’s arms around.

From New York Times

He says this includes the "misuse of power to get people into jobs, and personal ties enabling access to the Taliban very much improving ones chances to get one's way in land, water or other resource conflicts".

From BBC

“For artists the great problem to solve is how to get one’s self noticed.”

From Slate

It looks much more metal to get one’s Twitter engagement the old-fashioned way.

From Slate