get untidy

Frequency: 7.012.8 per million words

To change into a state of not being neat (more informal).

untidyVERBS + untidy

Categories:

get

Examples (10)

  • My bedroom tends to get untidy during the week.
  • Her hair got untidy in the strong wind.
  • Don't let the living room get untidy before guests arrive.
  • The kitchen always seems to get untidy when I cook.
  • My desk gets untidy whenever I'm working on a big project.
  • It is easy for the house to get untidy with three children.
  • I try not to let things get untidy, but I'm often too busy.
  • The files had got untidy over the years.
  • If you aren't careful, the garden will get untidy very quickly.
  • Without a system, your digital folders can get untidy too.