get high

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic, slang) To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.
Synonyms: get stoned, get wasted
Antonyms: come down, sober up

(figuratively, slang) To become euphoric by means of other than the use of drugs.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ high.

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Examples

You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility. Robert Anton Wilson

I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do. Brion James

With random urinalysis, there's a clear choice - either get high or go to jail. Brian Baird

Never get high on your own supply. The Notorious B.I.G.

Flip-flop, hippety-hop, offa your rocker and over the top, life's a fiction and the world's a lie, so put on some Creedence and let's get high. Stephen King

I don't need anything to get high. I'm high on life. Melissa de la Cruz

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