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get a room

get a room interjection: used to instruct a couple to stop displaying romantic or physical affection in public.

Interjection

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, informal, sometimes) Used to instruct a couple to stop displaying romantic or physical affection in public.
    • One night he kissed me on a park bench. I knew we shouldn’t but he would be gone so soon. The next night a homeless guy on a bench nearby hollered at us to get a room, but we couldn’t as we both had fierce landladies.2021 December 26, Alys Fowler, “My winter of love: I was homesick in New York. The quiet Danish poet was just what I was longing for”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022

Origin of get a room

Suggesting that the couple rent a hotel or motel room to continue amorous activities in private.

Questions about get a room

What does get a room mean?
Get a room means used to instruct a couple to stop displaying romantic or physical affection in public.
What part of speech is get a room?
Get a room is an interjection.

Words near get a room in the dictionary

  1. get a move on
  2. get a pair
  3. get a rise
  4. get a rise from
  5. get a rise out of
  6. get a room
  7. get a run on
  8. get a sad on
  9. get a wiggle on
  10. get a word in
  11. get a word in edgeways

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