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get some

get some verb: to have sex.

Verb

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

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal) To have sex.
    • So, did you get some with him?
    • I'm going to that new club to get some tonight.
  2. (informal) To be involved in a fight or assault.
    • The young Marine was spoiling for a fight; he hoped to get some during his next tour of duty.
    Synonyms:
    do battle, get it on
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, some.

Examples of get some in a sentence

  • White folks, you're much too tight / You gotta shake your head like the black folks / You might get some tonight, look out1984, Prince, Morris Day, “The Bird”, in Ice Cream Castle, performed by The Time:
  • She's up all night 'til the sun / I'm up all night to get some2013, “Get Lucky”, in Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams:
  • “It’s called ‘sexual tension.’ Stay with it for a minute and you might get some.”2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms of get some

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Forms of get some

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

Origin of get some

Reduced from get (some) action.

Words formed from get some

Questions about get some

What does get some mean?
Get some means to have sex.
How do you use get some in a sentence?
White folks, you're much too tight / You gotta shake your head like the black folks / You might get some tonight, look out
What part of speech is get some?
Get some is a verb.
What is the past tense of get some?
The past tense of get some is got some.

Words near get some in the dictionary

  1. get round
  2. get round to
  3. get rounds
  4. get screwed
  5. get sick
  6. get some
  7. get some air
  8. get someone at it
  9. get someone for a Tartar
  10. get someone in a line
  11. get someone there

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