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get someone's motor running

get someone's motor running verb: to make someone excited.

Verb

get someone's motor running (third-person singular simple present gets someone's motor running, present participle getting someone's motor running, simple past got someone's motor running, past participle (UK) got someone's motor running or (US) gotten someone's motor running)

  1. (colloquial) To make someone excited.

Forms of get someone's motor running

third-person singular presentgets someone's motor running
present participlegetting someone's motor running
pastgot someone's motor running
past participle UKgot someone's motor running
past participle USgotten someone's motor running

Questions about get someone's motor running

What does get someone's motor running mean?
Get someone's motor running means to make someone excited.
What part of speech is get someone's motor running?
Get someone's motor running is a verb.
What is the past tense of get someone's motor running?
The past tense of get someone's motor running is got someone's motor running.

Words near get someone's motor running in the dictionary

  1. get someone's back up
  2. get someone's dander up
  3. get someone's drift
  4. get someone's goat
  5. get someone's Irish up
  6. get someone's motor running
  7. get someone's nanny
  8. get someone's nanny-goat
  9. get someone's neurons firing
  10. get someone's number
  11. get someone's shirt out

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