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get action

get action verb: to succeed at seducing another person into sexual activity.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To succeed at seducing another person into sexual activity.

Forms of get action

third-person singular presentgets action
present participlegetting action
pastgot action
past participle UKgot action
past participle USgotten action

Questions about get action

What does get action mean?
Get action means to succeed at seducing another person into sexual activity.
What part of speech is get action?
Get action is a verb.
What is the past tense of get action?
The past tense of get action is got action.

Words near get action in the dictionary

  1. get a wriggle on
  2. get about
  3. get above oneself
  4. get across
  5. get across the line
  6. get action
  7. get after
  8. get ahead
  9. get ahead of
  10. get ahead of oneself
  11. get ahold of

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