get it up 1. tv. to get an erection of the pe-
nis. (Usually objectionable.) He’s so
drunk all the time, he can hardly get it up.
- tv. to get excited about something.
I just couldn’t get it up about going off to
college.
get liptv. to get some kissing; to neck.
(Teens.) Jim’s been out getting lip again.
Look at the lipstick. These kids talk
about getting lip. Ye gods, how crude!
Get lost!exclam. Go away!; Beat it! Get
lost, you’re bothering me! Quit follow-
ing me. Get lost!
get mad (at something)in. to muster
great physical strength and determina-
tion in order to do something. Yo u’r e
gonna have to get mad at it if you want to
move it. Come on, you guys. Get mad.
Get my drift?Go to (Do you) get my drift?
get nakedin. to enjoy oneself thoroughly;
to relax and enjoy oneself. Let’s all go
out and get naked tonight. Man, I feel
like getting naked tonight.
get narkied[...”narkid] in. to inject drugs;
to become addicted. (Drugs.) Rocko
only got narkied once in his life. Gert
couldn’t wait to get narkied.
get nowhere fastin. to make very poor
progress. We are getting nowhere fast
around here. I’m getting nowhere fast in
this job. I quit.
get off 1. in. to reach an understanding
with someone. (Not slang.) We jus t
weren’t getting off well at all. How well
do you get off with Ralph? 2. Go to get off
(on something).
Get off it!Go to Come off it!
Get off my ass! and Get off my tail!; Get
off my back!exclam. Leave me alone!;
Stop following me!; Stop dogging me!
(Usually objectionable.) Stop pestering
me! Get off my ass! If you don’t get off
my back, I’m gonna slug you!
Get off my back!Go to Get off my ass!
Get off my bumper! 1. exclam. Stop fol-
lowing my car so closely! Don’t follow
me so close! Get off my bumper! 2. exclam.
Stop monitoring me!; Get off my back!
Look, man. I can take care of myself. Get
off my bumper!
Get off my tail!Go to Get off my ass!
get off one’s rearin. to get up and get
busy. It’s time to get off your rear and
get to work. Hey, Chuck, get off your
rear! There’s work to be done.
get off (on something) 1. in. to get plea-
sure from something; to become sexually
aroused by something. I don’t get off on
music anymore. I listen, but I just don’t
get off. 2. in. to take a drug and experi-
ence a rush. (Drugs.) Max likes to get
off, but he’s got his business to run.
Tracy likes getting off better than anything
else. 3. in. to do well in something.
Wayne is getting off on history, much to
everyone’s surprise. Bill got off on fix-
ing up his car, and I may let him do mine
too.
get off someone’s back and get off
someone’s casein. to stop annoying
someone. (Compare this with get on
someone’s case.) I wish you’d get off
my back. Get off my case! You aren’t my
mother.
get off someone’s caseGo to get off
someone’s back.
get off the dimein. [for something or
someone] to start moving. (To get off the
dime that one stopped on in stop on a
dime.) I wish this organization could get
off the dime. If this project gets off the
dime, we’ll be okay.
get one right heretv. to affect one deeply
in a specific way. (Usually accompanied
with a hand gesture showing exactly
where one is affected: the heart = lov-
ingly, the stomach or bowels = sicken-
ingly.) That sort of thing gets me right
here. Pete clasped his hand to his chest
and said, “That sort of thing gets me right
here.”
get one’s act together and get one’s shit
together; get one’s stuff together 1.
tv. to organize oneself; to get one’s pos-
sessions organized. (Use caution with
shit.) Let me get my act together, and
I’ll be right with you. I’ll get my stuff to-
gether and be right with you. 2. and getget it up