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Idiom

get high

Meaning

To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Some people like to get high on the weekend.”

“He decided to get high with his friends after a long and stressful week at work.”

“The authorities expressed deep concern regarding the growing number of teenagers who get high in public parks during the late evening hours.”

Examples

simple

“Some people like to get high on the weekend.”

contextual

“He decided to get high with his friends after a long and stressful week at work.”

complex

“The authorities expressed deep concern regarding the growing number of teenagers who get high in public parks during the late evening hours.”

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