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got out of someone's hair

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

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

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

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

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