get one's

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]

Example Sentences

But this spectrum of left and right is such a weird thing to get one’s head around these days.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

Alas, for the millions of smokers in the United States who try to quit each year, neither of these medications is easy to get one’s hands on.

From Slate

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

Given the failure of our fractured Congress to deal with a host of nagging crises, though, it is hard to get one’s hopes up.

From Seattle Times