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gets out of someone's hair

gets out of someone's hair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of someone's hair.

Meaning of get out of someone's hair

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To manipulate somebody into quit pestering somebody else.
    • Me, if I broke up with a man, I would not have sex with him again just to get him out of my hair as easily as possible.

Questions about gets out of someone's hair

What is gets out of someone's hair the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets out of someone's hair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of someone's hair.

Words near gets out of someone's hair in the dictionary

  1. gets out of bed on the wrong side
  2. gets out of Dodge
  3. gets out of here
  4. gets out of someone's ear
  5. gets out of someone's face
  6. gets out of someone's hair
  7. gets out the vote
  8. gets out what one puts in
  9. gets out while the getting's good
  10. gets outside of
  11. gets over

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