单词 | to get it together |
释义 | > as lemmasto get it together 3. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To organize, harmonize, put in order. to get it together: to bring some order or purpose into one's life, to start performing well.to get one's act together: see act n. Phrases 12. to get one's head together: see head n.1 Phrases 4d(d). to get one's shit together: shit n. and adj. Phrases 23a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] rightlOE attire1330 ettlea1350 to set (also put) in rulea1387 redress1389 dress?a1400 fettlea1400 governc1405 yraylle1426 direct1509 settlec1530 tune1530 instruct1534 rede1545 commodate1595 square1596 concinnate1601 concinnea1620 rectify1655 fix1663 to put (also bring) into repair1673 arrange1802 pipeclay1806 to get together1810 to do up1886 to jack up1939 1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock II. ii. 99 In galloping on soft ground, she did not sink so deep,..and therefore could more quickly get herself together again. 1878 G. Macpherson Mem. of Life of A. Jameson 141 I am now settled with my sister Louisa in Mortimer Street, and am trying to busy myself about my book; but I find it difficult to get my mind together for a continuous effort. 1911 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 5 Sept. 1/1 I am possessed with an evil spirit... If I could only get my head together I could get out of this and be alright. 1962 Down Beat 12 Apr. 22 I guess I was on my way in '57, when I started to get myself together musically. 1969 It 4 July 10/3 The promoters just hadn't got things together at all and would have made an immense loss. 1975 New Society 20 Nov. 412/3 Tez thinks he'll be a rock star..tomorrow. Meanwhile he's having trouble getting it together and lives off the SS. 1985 D. Lucie Progress ii. i, in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business (1991) 130 Love, try to get it together, will you? Please? 2001 M. Azerrad Our Band could be your Life xi. 382 Once you get your own shit together, once you get your own mind together, it makes life for you and the people around you so much more agreeable. 2012 Independent 31 Aug. 15/4 If Russians cannot get it together to run an honest state. < as lemmas |
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