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YOU CAN GET YOURSELF DROWNED vs YOU CAN GET YOURSELF DROWN

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct form is 'you can drown.' 'Drown' is a verb that does not require the reflexive pronoun 'yourself.'

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 741 views

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF DROWNED

This phrase is incorrect. 'Drown' is the correct verb form, and it does not require the reflexive pronoun 'yourself.'

The correct form is 'you can drown.' 'Drown' is a verb that does not need the reflexive pronoun 'yourself.'

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You almost drowned yourself to get it
There are some dangerous situations you can get yourself into.
Someplace where you can get yourself back together.
Here, you can get yourself cleaned up.
Terrorism, you can get yourself killed.
That way you can get yourself a shiny new player before the trade deadline.
You can get yourself a nice, funky wheelchair.
Or you can get yourself back in the detective game.
Otherwise, from now on, you can get yourself another captain.
With a fistful of lire you can get yourself just about whatever you want.
You can get yourself hurt, kicking on doors.
You can get yourself a big rep by going up agin him.
Come on, Hayley, you can get yourself out of this.
Or you can get yourself back in the detective game.
You can get yourself another manager any time you want.
Get too greedy for the green stuff, you can get yourself hurt.
There's plenty of places - you can get yourself something to eat.
Leavin' your car parked in the road like that, you can get yourself killed, anybody'd know where you are.
You can get yourself a piece of leather and cut your own mat, or just buy one from Acoustic Solid.
If they do promote you, you can get yourself a decent suit.

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you can drown

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF DROWN

This phrase is incorrect. 'Drown' is the correct verb form, and it does not require the reflexive pronoun 'yourself.'

The correct form is 'you can drown.' 'Drown' is a verb that does not need the reflexive pronoun 'yourself.'

Show examples from the web [+]

Let me pull over here, right by the river, and you can go drown yourself.
It's not that easy to drown yourself, Marie.
You don't want to drown yourself before the big game.
You tried to drown yourself and an earthquake saved your life.
You'd try to drown yourself ten times a day.
They go on talk about why you try for drown yourself.
Not enough water to drown yourself in here.
Baby, go droWn yourself in the river.
You go ahead and drown yourself, man.
Do not let yourself to drown!
So you collected a bag of pebbles from the nearby beach to drown yourself...
There's no need to drown yourself in caffeine for my sake.
Well, go and drown yourself in it. Nobody's stopping you.
And then you tried to drown yourself, but you changed your mind because the water was too cold.
Otherwise you will drown yourself get confused or loose your mind. I know you well.
You'll probably fail to drown yourself and just end up with a dreadful cold.
Don't drown yourself in that filthy stuff.
How come you don't drown yourself?
Then drown yourself for all I care!
Why would you half-drown yourself for a tidbit of fish?

Alternatives:

you can drown

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