get into trouble

English

Pronunciation

Verb

get into trouble (third-person singular simple present gets into trouble, present participle getting into trouble, simple past got into trouble, past participle (UK) got into trouble or (US) gotten into trouble)Category:English lemmas#GETINTOTROUBLECategory:English verbs#GETINTOTROUBLECategory:English multiword terms#GETINTOTROUBLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GETINTOTROUBLECategory:Pages with entries#GET%20INTO%20TROUBLECategory:Pages with 1 entry#GET%20INTO%20TROUBLE

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETINTOTROUBLE) To be punished or chastised for doing something prohibited.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GETINTOTROUBLE) To cause to be punished.
    You'll get us all into trouble if you don't keep quiet.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETINTOTROUBLE
  3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETINTOTROUBLE) To fall into difficulty.
    Synonyms: run into trouble, run aground
  4. (slangCategory:English slang#GETINTOTROUBLE, euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#GETINTOTROUBLE) Of a woman, especially a single or young woman:
    1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETINTOTROUBLE) To become pregnant.
    2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GETINTOTROUBLE) To make pregnant.
      He got a girl into trouble and had to marry her.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETINTOTROUBLE

Translations

Category:English idioms#GETINTOTROUBLECategory:English light verb constructions#GETINTOTROUBLE Category:en:Pregnancy#GETINTOTROUBLE
Category:English euphemisms Category:English idioms Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English lemmas Category:English light verb constructions Category:English multiword terms Category:English slang Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English transitive verbs Category:English verbs Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Translation table header lacks gloss Category:en:Pregnancy