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gotten out of someone's face

gotten out of someone's face is the 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 gotten out of someone's face

What is gotten out of someone's face the past participle of?
Gotten out of someone's face is the past participle of get out of someone's face.

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

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

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