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getting out of someone's hair

getting out of someone's hair is the present participle and gerund 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 getting out of someone's hair

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

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

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

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