get ideas

English

Verb

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

1. (informal) To get the inspiration or temptation to do something unwise.

   I just recounted a few silly stories from high school, but don't get any ideas!

Related terms

• get the idea

Further reading

• “get ideas”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “get ideas” (US) / “get ideas” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “get ideas”, in Collins English Dictionary.