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on someone's ass

on someone's ass prepositional phrase: rapidly chasing or pursuing someone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) Rapidly chasing or pursuing someone.
    • Help! The cops are on my ass!
    • Then they saw him, his legs pumping, his face a mask of determination. "Go!" he shouted in a high voice. "They're on my ass!"1987, Samantha Harte, Vanity Blade, Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.: PaperJacks Ltd., →ISBN, page 243
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) Tailgating someone.
    • Why is this guy on my ass? I guess doing ten over the limit isn't enough speeding for this moron.
  3. (Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) Persistently urging someone on and putting pressure on them.
    • My mom's always on my ass about keeping my grades up.
    • They would see to it that I graduated, not by pulling strings as might have been done at other schools, but by staying on my ass just as a parent would to help me off the field as well as on the field.2011, Harry Carson, Captain for Life: My Story as a Hall of Fame Linebacker, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 44

Synonyms of on someone's ass

Questions about on someone's ass

What does on someone's ass mean?
On someone's ass means rapidly chasing or pursuing someone.
What part of speech is on someone's ass?
On someone's ass is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on someone's ass in the dictionary

  1. on site
  2. on skibidi
  3. on sleep
  4. on solid ground
  5. on someone's account
  6. on someone's ass
  7. on someone's back
  8. on someone's books
  9. on someone's butt
  10. on someone's dick
  11. on someone's dime

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