to get your shit together
24
9.9
- idiom
- Offensive
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- It's time you guys got your shit together.
- So get your shit together
- let me get my shit together
- need to get your shit together
I just no you muppet, get your shit together or fuck off.
- I just no you muppet, get your shit together or fuck off.
- Wapo and Politico, get your shit together, correct your reports and report the truth.
- Like that just teaches you, teaches you to get your shit together.
- Most of your anxieties and depressions can all be solved if you just get your shit together.
- They're act like they are not guilty for any of this stuff and they go, hey federation, get your shit together.
- And that was your introduction to acting for him was you got to get your shit together before you go out there.
- It's also an indicator of the economy when them strippers say people broke get your shit together.
Examples
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Your financial life works out much better if you get your shit together before having kids, not afterwards.
Blog text (28) -
Get your shit together.
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You really need to get your shit together.
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You guys really gotta get your shit together in there.
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You need to get your shit together.
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You gotta get your shit together, man.
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I need a little time to get my shit together.
Blog text (22) -
Get your shit together, dude.
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Get your shit together, girl.
Fiction book (1997) -
After years of chaos, she finally decided to get her shit together and focus on her career.
Synonyms
32
4.6
To organize yourself and behave better to reach a goal
6
6.2
Arrange your personal, legal and money matters before a serious illness or death
5
7.7
Put your thoughts and feelings in order after a time of confusion
4
2.1
To make things tidy and put them in their places
2
5.9
To put your life and thoughts in order when you feel confused
1
4.9
Getting your home and things tidy and ready
1
7.0
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
1
6.3
To be organized, prepared, and able to manage tasks and problems
Antonyms
How Organized
- Informal
3
6.0
- US
4
2.1
- Offensive
24
9.9
- US
662
1.6
- Informal
32
1.5
233
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'get' + 'together' and the possessive 'your' give a partly compositional cue (assemble/organize), and 'shit' here is a vulgar slang for 'things' or 'affairs', so a learner who knows the words can partly guess an organizing sense. However, the phrase is colloquial/vulgar and often means 'pull yourself together' or 'become focused' in a pragmatic, idiomatic way that is not fully predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner would likely need prior exposure to grasp the exact intended meaning and force.
Etymology
Get your shit together makes a strong picture: imagine you must get all your messy things, your shit, and put them together in one place. That's why it means to become 'organized' and focused.