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get high en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
   • I was going to make love to you, but I got high 2001, “Because I Got High”, in Because I Got High, performed by Afroman:
   • But now you've sucked Your lemon peel dry, / so why not get high, high, high 1972, Lou Reed, “Goodnight Ladies”, in Transformer:
   • I get high with a little help from my friends 1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles:
2. (figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.
   • But if we can do it, you can do it / Won't you try / Don't let your life and all this beauty pass you by / Get high on life, get high on life / Get high on life, get high on life 1977, Shalamar, “High On Life”, in Uptown Festival:
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, high.

Forms

Antonyms

come down · sober up

Synonyms

get wasted

Translations (24)

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