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got one's oats

got one's oats is the simple past and past participle of get one's oats.

Meaning of get one's oats

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To have sexual intercourse.
    • Probably he's in a bad mood because he didn't get his oats last night.

Questions about got one's oats

What is got one's oats the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's oats is the simple past and past participle of get one's oats.

Words near got one's oats in the dictionary

  1. got one's leg over
  2. got one's load on
  3. got one's marching orders
  4. got one's mind out of the gutter
  5. got one's monkey up
  6. got one's oats
  7. got one's own back
  8. got one's own way
  9. got one's panties in a bunch
  10. got one's panties in a pretzel
  11. got one's panties in a wad

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