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gotten out of someone's hair

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

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

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

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

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