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get dirty vs make dirty

Both 'get dirty' and 'make dirty' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Get dirty' is used to describe the action of becoming dirty, while 'make dirty' is used to describe the action of causing something to become dirty.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 1342 views

get dirty

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of becoming dirty.

Use 'get dirty' when you want to describe the action of becoming dirty, such as when playing outside or working in the garden.

Examples:

After playing in the mud, the kids got dirty from head to toe.
I always get dirty when I work on my car in the garage.

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I didn't really want to get dirty with her!
You said "this is my world... and in my world, you got to get dirty".
You want to pick up the marbles but not get dirty.
Stopping the SVR means your hands will have to get dirty, Alex.
The thing about these rims is they're real close to the ground, so they get dirty.
Babies get dirty, don't they?
The only time my hands get dirty is when I drop my sandwich in the toilet bowl.
Remember, the ball doesn't get dirty.
But the ball doesn't get dirty.
Cool, I won't get dirty.
When things get dirty, you're always first.
Had to get out in the world, get dirty.
She probably killed him to make sure the place wouldn't get dirty.
They get dirty so fast, you can't imagine...
Unless you don't want them to get dirty.
Everywhere I go I get dirty looks too.
Jane and I get dirty looks all the time.
I am totally ready to get dirty with you.
They get dirty and feel scratchy.
You want to get dirty as well?

Alternatives:

become dirty
end up dirty
get covered in dirt
get grimy
get soiled

make dirty

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of causing something to become dirty.

Use 'make dirty' when you want to describe the action of causing something to become dirty, such as spilling a drink on a clean shirt.

Examples:

Please don't make the kitchen dirty while you cook.
The muddy shoes made the carpet dirty.

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He make dirty, he wash hands in toilet.
No, that's what makes it dirty.
Everything a terrorist needs to make a dirty bomb.
Jarvis is opportunistic and ambitious, but that doesn't make him dirty.
I think people make it dirty.
Still. None of this makes Nick dirty.
I don't want to make a dirty great dirty bomb for a bunch of terrorists, Phil.
Just because you're poor don't make you dirty.
With enough, it could be used to make a dirty bomb.
I have been frozen during five years and they take out me to make the dirty work.
No one made me make that dirty deal with Forstman, and now she won't forgive me.
Because if he did make a dirty deal with Forstman, it wouldn't have been in those documents.
No, cobalt 60's something you'd use to make a dirty bomb.
If this guy was able to secure materials to make a dirty bomb, we may already be out of time.
A couple of children who were like brother and sister, and you have to go and make it dirty.
This place makes me feel dirty.
Little deals like this just make me feel dirty.
You make me speak dirty in front of the kids.
Believe me, you're not like the usual friends, the ones we make for dirty ends...
And he said we could borrow it providing we didn't fiddle with any of the settings or make it dirty in any way.

Alternatives:

dirty something
cause something to become dirty
make something filthy
make something grimy
make something soiled

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