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get one's mind out of the gutter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
get one's -mind out of the gut-ter
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stop interpreting things in a dirty (obscene) way.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets one's mind out of the gutter (present, singular) getting one's mind out of the gutter (participle, present) got one's mind out of the gutter (past) got one's mind out of the gutter (participle, past) gotten one's mind out of the gutter (participle, past) get one's head out of the gutter (alternative)

Phrases

that's what she said

Frequently Paired Words

that's what she said

Questions

What does get one's mind out of the gutter mean?
To stop interpreting things in a dirty (obscene) way.

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