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get one's ya-yas out

get one's ya-yas out verb: to behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.

Verb

get one's ya-yas out (third-person singular simple present gets one's ya-yas out, present participle getting one's ya-yas out, simple past got one's ya-yas out, past participle gotten one's ya-yas out)

  1. (US, slang) To behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.
    • […] Feist still gets her ya-yas out as part of atmospheric-rock collective Broken Social Scene, and just a few years ago she could be found rapping in Spanish through a sock puppet […]2005, Vanity Fair, numbers 537-539, page 110
    • Maybe she was just getting her ya-yas out, running for the sheer joy of being in a physical body.2009, Rachel Toor, The Pig and I, page 14

Forms of get one's ya-yas out

third-person singular presentgets one's ya-yas out
present participlegetting one's ya-yas out
pastgot one's ya-yas out
past participlegotten one's ya-yas out

Origin of get one's ya-yas out

Popularized by Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones in Concert, an 1970 live album by English rock band the Rolling Stones.

Questions about get one's ya-yas out

What does get one's ya-yas out mean?
Get one's ya-yas out means to behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.
What part of speech is get one's ya-yas out?
Get one's ya-yas out is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's ya-yas out?
The past tense of get one's ya-yas out is got one's ya-yas out.

Words near get one's ya-yas out in the dictionary

  1. get one's tits in a wringer
  2. get one's undies in a bundle
  3. get one's way
  4. get one's wig split
  5. get one's wires crossed
  6. get one's ya-yas out
  7. get oneself together
  8. get onto
  9. get open
  10. get out
  11. get out from under

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