get wet
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get wet (third-person singular simple present gets wet, present participle getting wet, simple past got wet, past participle (UK) got wet or (US) gotten wet)
- (literally) To come into contact with water, rain, or another liquid.
- 2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84:
- Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet.
- 2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60:
- The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet.
- (idiomatic) Of a woman, to become sexually aroused, as indicated by the occurrence of the natural lubrication of the vagina.
- 2002, Sallie Foley, Sally A. Kope, Dennis P. Sugrue, Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self, page 281:
- Sometimes I get wet right away, but other times I'm aroused but not very wet.
- (slang) To abuse phencyclidine (commonly known as "PCP" or "angel dust").
- 2001, David Ayer, Training Day:
- Alonzo Harris: […] Didn't know you liked to get wet, dog.
Jake Hoyt: What's "wet"?
Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That's what you had. That's what you were smoking, you couldn't taste it?
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come into contact with water