get possessive

Frequency: 7.211.3 per million words

To begin to feel or act in a way that shows you want to control someone.

possessiveVERB + possessive

Categories:

get

Examples (10)

  • Loretta's starting to get possessive and jealous.
  • As their relationship deepened, he began to get increasingly possessive.
  • Parents sometimes get possessive of their children, even as adults.
  • Don't get so possessive over your possessions; they're just material things.
  • She used to get very possessive whenever her boyfriend talked to other girls.
  • If you start to get possessive with friends, they might feel suffocated.
  • He's starting to get possessive about his new car, not letting anyone else drive it.
  • I wish he wouldn't get so possessive about his ideas in group projects.
  • It's unhealthy to get too possessive in any close relationship.
  • Despite my efforts, I sometimes get a little possessive of my personal space.