get wet

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get wet (third-person singular simple present gets wet, present participle getting wet, simple past got wet, past participle (UK) got wet or (US) gotten wet)

1. (literally, ambitransitive) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.

   I stood too close to the waterfall, and I got wet.

   The steel of this tool isn't stainless, so if you get it wet, you need to dry it off promptly.

   • 2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84:

     Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet.

   • 2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60:

     The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet.

2. (idiomatic) Of a woman, to become sexually aroused, as indicated by the occurrence of the natural lubrication of the vagina.
   • 2002, Sallie Foley, Sally A. Kope, Dennis P. Sugrue, Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self, page 281:

     Sometimes I get wet right away, but other times I'm aroused but not very wet.

3. (slang) To abuse phencyclidine (commonly known as "PCP" or "angel dust").
   • 2001, David Ayer, Training Day:

     Alonzo Harris: Didn't know you liked to get wet, dog.
     Jake Hoyt: What's "wet"?
     Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That's what you had. That's what you were smoking, you couldn't taste it?