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getting one's leg over

getting one's leg over is the present participle and gerund of get one's leg over.

Meaning of get one's leg over

Verb

get one's leg over (third-person singular simple present gets one's leg over, present participle getting one's leg over, simple past got one's leg over, past participle (UK) got one's leg over or (US) gotten one's leg over)

  1. (UK, intransitive, slang) To have sex
    • It's all well and good having a relationship, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.
    Synonyms:
    do it
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.
    • He just didn't quite get his leg over.1991, Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps; quoted in Cris Freddi, The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Guinness Publishing, 1996, →ISBN, page 138

Questions about getting one's leg over

What is getting one's leg over the present participle and gerund of?
Getting one's leg over is the present participle and gerund of get one's leg over.

Words near getting one's leg over in the dictionary

  1. getting one's jollies
  2. getting one's juices flowing
  3. getting one's kicks
  4. getting one's knickers in a knot
  5. getting one's knickers in a twist
  6. getting one's leg over
  7. getting one's load on
  8. getting one's marching orders
  9. getting one's mind out of the gutter
  10. getting one's monkey up
  11. getting one's oats

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