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get it in ya

get it in ya phrase: used to urge someone to eat or drink something, often enthusiastically or without hesitation.

Phrase

get it in ya

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Used to urge someone to eat or drink something, often enthusiastically or without hesitation.
    • Parrish gave him two dollars.
      “Go on, now—get it in ya.”
      The whisky tasted terrible, burned his mouth and his stomach, and he bent over, hiding his face on his knees, seeing before his eyes a picture of Raike’s face and his shoulders hunched like a bull, and it sickened him.1958, Mildred Savage, chapter 10, in Parrish, Simon and Schuster, page 122
    • Top with a little extra Orgasmic Onion Mayo and the top bun finishes it off. Give it a gentle squish and get it in ya!2012, Ted Reader, Beerlicious: the art of grillin' & chillin', Volume I, McClelland and Stewart, page 222

Synonyms of get it in ya

Questions about get it in ya

What does get it in ya mean?
Get it in ya means used to urge someone to eat or drink something, often enthusiastically or without hesitation.
What part of speech is get it in ya?
Get it in ya is a phrase.

Words near get it in ya in the dictionary

  1. get it how one gets it
  2. get it how one lives
  3. get it how one lives it
  4. get it in
  5. get it in the neck
  6. get it in ya
  7. get it on
  8. get it over
  9. get it through one's skull
  10. get it together
  11. get it twisted

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