get out of someone's face
get out of someone's face verb: to stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.
Verb
get out of someone's face (third-person singular simple present gets out of someone's face, present participle getting out of someone's face, simple past got out of someone's face, past participle (UK) got out of someone's face or (US) gotten out of someone's face)
- To stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.
- Man, get outta my face with that shit! The motherfucker who said that never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull with his fingers on account of your dumb ass.1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson)
Forms of get out of someone's face
| third-person singular present | gets out of someone's face |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting out of someone's face |
| past | got out of someone's face |
| past participle UK | got out of someone's face |
| past participle US | gotten out of someone's face |
Questions about get out of someone's face
- What does get out of someone's face mean?
- Get out of someone's face means to stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.
- What part of speech is get out of someone's face?
- Get out of someone's face is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get out of someone's face?
- The past tense of get out of someone's face is got out of someone's face.
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