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get up off

get up off verb: to stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).

Verb

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

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).
    • You had better get up off me.

Forms of get up off

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

Questions about get up off

What does get up off mean?
Get up off means to stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).
What part of speech is get up off?
Get up off is a verb.
What is the past tense of get up off?
The past tense of get up off is got.

Words near get up off in the dictionary

  1. get up early
  2. get up in
  3. get up in someone's face
  4. get up in someone's grill
  5. get up into
  6. get up off
  7. get up on the wrong side of bed
  8. get up on the wrong side of the bed
  9. get up someone's nose
  10. get up the yard
  11. get up to

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