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get off on

get off on verb: to be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.
    • I don't get off on champagne.
    • Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!1973, “Figure Eight”, in Bob Dorough (music), Multiplication Rock, performed by Schoolhouse Rock!/Blossom Dearie
  2. (US, dated, slang) To fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.

Synonyms of get off on

Forms of get off on

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

Questions about get off on

What does get off on mean?
Get off on means to be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.
What part of speech is get off on?
Get off on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get off on?
The past tense of get off on is got off on.

Words near get off on in the dictionary

  1. get off at Haymarket
  2. get off at Redfern
  3. get off lightly
  4. get off my lawn
  5. get off of someone's cloud
  6. get off on
  7. get off on the right foot
  8. get off on the wrong foot
  9. get off one's ass
  10. get off one's backside
  11. get off one's chest

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