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Get drunk vs Got drunk

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Get drunk' is used to talk about the action of becoming intoxicated, while 'got drunk' is used to describe the past action of becoming intoxicated. They are both commonly used in English.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 2911 views

Get drunk

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

Use 'get drunk' when you want to talk about the process of becoming intoxicated in the present or future tense.

Examples:

I don't want to get drunk tonight.
She always gets drunk at parties.

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And don't hang around town and get drunk.
You can't get drunk every day.
Get drunk with teenage lads, go skinny-dipping, whatever.
Get drunk, race out to the bluffs?
Get drunk and have some fun?
It's a cheap way to get drunk.
I think the tradition is to go out and get drunk.
Everyone's trying to get drunk.
Tell your grandpa not to get drunk.
T-telling that kid to go get drunk.
I didn't say get drunk.
Molly decides this would be a good night to get drunk.
Most likely to get drunk and hit on an intern...
You had to get drunk to do it.
Get drunk and let down your guard for once.
Get drunk, Thomas, for at noon tomorrow you will hang.
Get drunk... gamble some, and chase the trim.
Get drunk or smoke pot to make it interesting!
Get drunk and look for women!
Get drunk and crazy... for what?

Alternatives:

become intoxicated
drink too much
get tipsy
get wasted
get hammered

Got drunk

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

Use 'got drunk' when you want to talk about the process of becoming intoxicated in the past tense.

Examples:

Last night, he got drunk at the bar.
She got drunk at the party and couldn't remember anything.

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That's why I got drunk last night and blacked out.
I got drunk and slept here on the sofa.
Got drunk as a lord and stole a police cruiser.
Got drunk again and tried to jump the high hurdles at 3:00 AM.
Then you went home and got drunk.
Those liquor industry guys you got drunk with yesterday...
The guy got drunk and cut her leg with a sword.
Lost his head, got drunk.
Who got drunk and embarrassed himself?
You got drunk, and I almost died.
Cooper, you got drunk and you touched some stuff.
Josh, you got drunk and you punched some stuff.
I got drunk and [Bleep] a snowman.
I got drunk and robbed a house.
I got drunk and crashed my daughter's Passat.
Remember the last time you went to that party and got drunk.
Jake took the 20 bucks you gave him and got drunk with a friend.
I missed dinner last night because I got drunk with little Irish people.
My boyfriend, Rico, got drunk and buried me alive.
Apparently, your son got drunk and climbed up onto his girlfriend's roof.

Alternatives:

became intoxicated
drank too much
got tipsy
got wasted
got hammered

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