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getting out of someone's face

getting out of someone's face is the present participle and gerund of get out of someone's face.

Meaning of get out of someone's face

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, imperative, often) To stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.
    • Man, get outta my face with that shit! The motherfucker who said that never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull with his fingers on account of your dumb ass.1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson)

Questions about getting out of someone's face

What is getting out of someone's face the present participle and gerund of?
Getting out of someone's face is the present participle and gerund of get out of someone's face.

Words near getting out of someone's face in the dictionary

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

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