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get off someone's case

get off someone's case verb: to stop criticizing someone.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To stop criticizing someone.

Forms of get off someone's case

third-person singular presentgets off someone's case
present participlegetting off someone's case
pastgot off someone's case
past participle UKgot off someone's case
past participle USgotten off someone's case

Questions about get off someone's case

What does get off someone's case mean?
Get off someone's case means to stop criticizing someone.
What part of speech is get off someone's case?
Get off someone's case is a verb.
What is the past tense of get off someone's case?
The past tense of get off someone's case is got off someone's case.

Words near get off someone's case in the dictionary

  1. get off one's ass
  2. get off one's backside
  3. get off one's chest
  4. get off one's high horse
  5. get off someone's back
  6. get off someone's case
  7. get off the ground
  8. get off the mark
  9. get off the nut
  10. get off with
  11. get on

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