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getting off at Haymarket

getting off at Haymarket is the present participle and gerund of get off at Haymarket.

Meaning of get off at Haymarket

Verb

get off at Haymarket (third-person singular simple present gets off at Haymarket, present participle getting off at Haymarket, simple past and past participle got off at Haymarket)

  1. (Scotland, euphemistic) To practise coitus interruptus, the withdrawal method of contraception.
    • John looked at a woman standing further down the carriage in bridal headdress surrounded by her hen party acolytes.
      ‘She's got the wrong aisle. At least she chose Virgin Trains. All train guards can marry folk you know. But the vows are only valid for the duration of the journey. You can always get...2014, Stuart Campbell, John McPake and the Sea Beggars
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, off, at, Haymarket.

Questions about getting off at Haymarket

What is getting off at Haymarket the present participle and gerund of?
Getting off at Haymarket is the present participle and gerund of get off at Haymarket.

Words near getting off at Haymarket in the dictionary

  1. getting medieval
  2. getting misty
  3. getting moving
  4. getting nowhere fast
  5. getting off
  6. getting off at Haymarket
  7. getting off at Redfern
  8. getting off lightly
  9. getting off on
  10. getting off on the right foot
  11. getting off on the wrong foot

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