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get over on

get over on verb: to have sex with.

Verb

get over on (third-person singular simple present gets over on, present participle getting over on, simple past got over on, past participle (UK) got over on or (US) gotten over on)

  1. (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
    • For Northton's young males, to " get over " on a woman – that is, to lure her into sex with vague promises of love and marriage; to get over on a woman and, particularly, to impregnate one (or three or five), and to " get away without being held legally accountable for out-of-wedlock children " is...1994 November 14, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., “Natural born sinners”, in Christianity Today, volume 38, number 13, page 24
    Synonyms:
    coitize
  2. (informal, transitive) To take advantage of.
    • Stewart and his classmates gave Schmitz a hard time when she first arrived.' We tried to get over on her, but she always cracked down,' he said.'2008 August 17, Paul Tough, “A Teachable Moment”, in New York Times, Magazine, page 30

Synonyms of get over on

Forms of get over on

third-person singular presentgets over on
present participlegetting over on
pastgot over on
past participle UKgot over on
past participle USgotten over on

Origin of get over on

Possibly from get one's leg over.

Questions about get over on

What does get over on mean?
Get over on means to have sex with.
What part of speech is get over on?
Get over on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get over on?
The past tense of get over on is got over on.

Words near get over on in the dictionary

  1. get out while the getting's good
  2. get outside
  3. get outside of
  4. get outta here
  5. get over
  6. get over on
  7. get over oneself
  8. get over the line
  9. get past
  10. get past oneself
  11. get physical

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