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get one's ass handed to one

get one's ass handed to one verb: to suffer an extraordinarily devastating defeat.

Verb

get one's ass handed to one (third-person singular simple present gets one's ass handed to one, present participle getting one's ass handed to one, simple past got one's ass handed to one, past participle gotten one's ass handed to one)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To suffer an extraordinarily devastating defeat.
    Synonyms:
    get one's head handed to one, have one's ass handed to one, have one's head handed to one

Synonyms of get one's ass handed to one

Forms of get one's ass handed to one

third-person singular presentgets one's ass handed to one
present participlegetting one's ass handed to one
pastgot one's ass handed to one
past participlegotten one's ass handed to one
alternative UKget one's arse handed to one

Origin of get one's ass handed to one

Possibly derives from the expression get one's hat handed to one.

Questions about get one's ass handed to one

What does get one's ass handed to one mean?
Get one's ass handed to one means to suffer an extraordinarily devastating defeat.
What part of speech is get one's ass handed to one?
Get one's ass handed to one is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's ass handed to one?
The past tense of get one's ass handed to one is got one's ass handed to one.

Words near get one's ass handed to one in the dictionary

  1. get one's affairs in order
  2. get one's arms around
  3. get one's arse in gear
  4. get one's arse into gear
  5. get one's ashes hauled
  6. get one's ass handed to one
  7. get one's ass in gear
  8. get one's ass into gear
  9. get one's bowels in an uproar
  10. get one's breath back
  11. get one's butt somewhere

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