get off one's ass
get off one's ass verb: to stop lazing around.
Verb
get off one's ass (third-person singular simple present gets off one's ass, present participle getting off one's ass, simple past got off one's ass, past participle got off one's ass or gotten off one's ass)
- To stop lazing around.
- Mr. Braddock: But after a few weeks, I believe that person would wanna take some stock in himself and his situation, and start to think about getting off his ass!1967, The Graduate
- I was sick of bands I liked not having any records out. I had wanted to put out records for a long time and one day I finally got off of my fat ass and did it.1994, Chris Dodge, quotee, “Slap a Ham Records”, in Chaotic Noise, number 3, Roanoke, Va., [https://archive.org/details/chaotic_noise_3/page/n43/mode/2up?q=ass page [44]]
Forms of get off one's ass
| third-person singular present | gets off one's ass |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting off one's ass |
| past | got off one's ass |
| past participle | got off one's ass |
| past participle | gotten off one's ass |
Questions about get off one's ass
- What does get off one's ass mean?
- Get off one's ass means to stop lazing around.
- What part of speech is get off one's ass?
- Get off one's ass is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get off one's ass?
- The past tense of get off one's ass is got off one's ass.
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