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got out of someone's face

got out of someone's face is the simple past and past participle 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 got out of someone's face

What is got out of someone's face the simple past and past participle of?
Got out of someone's face is the simple past and past participle of get out of someone's face.

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

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

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