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to get changed

to get changed

28 2.0
To put on different clothes for a certain activity
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt tʃeɪndʒd/
translation icon : cambiarse de ropa
  • I have to go get changed for church.
  • Go get changed
  • Let me get changed
  • just get changed

But because it's just right here and I can just, you know, get changed and jump on, it's perfect.

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Examples

  • I'm going to go home and get changed.

    Sparks! (2018)

  • We're just going downstairs now to get changed into our cowboy outfits.

  • Then it's time for me to have a shower, get changed and do my skin care.

  • But because it's just right here and I can just, you know, get changed and jump on, it's perfect.

    Jamie Genevieve

  • Okay, let me just get changed, then we can go to dinner.

    Rule of Three (2008)

  • You want to come in? I just got out of the shower; give me a minute to get changed.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Yeah, we're going to get changed, so I'll see you guys in a second.

  • I'm going to get changed really quickly and then we're going to head out.

    Vogue

  • I need to nip home, get changed, grab my laptop.

  • I need to get changed before the party starts.

Synonyms

to dress
vsto get changed
∞ 1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

focuses on putting on alternative clothes for a particular purpose
to get dressed
vsto get changed
253 1.0

To put on clothes

is about putting on different clothes for a specific purpose

Antonyms

unchanged
62 1.0

Still the same as before

Surface Forms

get changed infinitive
getting changed present participle
gets changed third person singular
got changed past
got changed past participle

Morphology

get + change

The sense 'to change one's clothes' follows directly from combining 'get' (become/undergo) with 'changed' (change clothes); the 'get + past participle' pattern signals undergoing a change. Because both constituents transparently contribute to the meaning and the construction is a common, compositional English pattern, a B1 learner who knows the words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase get changed comes from the simple image of get meaning 'become' and changed meaning 'in new clothes', where you take off one set of clothes and put on another. So it means 'to change one's clothes', often to get ready for a different activity or to feel more comfortable.