get one's
Idioms-
In addition to the idioms beginning with get one's, also see get someone's.
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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.
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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
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It’s difficult to get one’s hopes up when it comes to the dicey state of Hollywood filmmaking, and even more difficult to keep them there.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
“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 ● Dec. 17, 2025
“For artists the great problem to solve is how to get one’s self noticed.”
From Slate ● May 4, 2023
The device is also, however, currently much harder to get one’s hands on than it was last year.
From The Verge ● May 12, 2022
They married and returned to his island home where there wasn't anything to do—Doña Charito griped in her gutturals—but get one's work done.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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