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get it up

get it up verb: to achieve or stimulate a penile erection.

Verb

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

  1. (potential, slang) To achieve or stimulate a penile erection.
    • I love my boyfriend, but am left unsatisfied because he can't get it up.
    • Romeo loved his Juliet / Their parents told them "Stop" / Then it all turned out peculiar / He couldn't get it up1988, Michael Weikath, "Rise and Fall", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, potential, slang) To be enthusiastic about something; to maintain enthusiasm for something.
  3. (slang) To acquire enough money to pay off a debt.
    • You had better get it up before the due date.

Forms of get it up

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

Questions about get it up

What does get it up mean?
Get it up means to achieve or stimulate a penile erection.
What part of speech is get it up?
Get it up is a verb.
What is the past tense of get it up?
The past tense of get it up is got it up.

Words near get it up in the dictionary

  1. get it on
  2. get it over
  3. get it through one's skull
  4. get it together
  5. get it twisted
  6. get it up
  7. get jiggy
  8. get knotted
  9. get laid
  10. get late
  11. get life

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