I don't get frosting up.
(An actress said it in a talk show. She was introducing a good way to avoid getting cream on nose when eating a cupcake.)

Does it sound natural?
If it sounds natural, would you mind making some examples of "get ~ing" pattern like that?

Thanks in advance!

Question

I don't get frosting up. 
(An actress said it in a talk show. She was introducing a good way to avoid getting cream on nose when eating a cupcake.)

Does it sound natural? 
If it sounds natural, would you mind making some examples of "get ~ing" pattern like that?

Thanks in advance!

Answer

Are you sure she didn't say "I don't get frostED up?"     "I don't get frosting up" doesn't really make grammatical sense.

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It's getting cold out; the windows are getting frosted up.

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I'm getting a new car.  I'm getting tired of my old one.

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