get a life en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(derogatory, idiomatic, intransitive, qualifier:dismissal) To begin having a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence.
"Harriet, please get a life," someone begged her on a message board, "and leave us poor Amazon customers alone."
2006 December 25, Lev Grossman, “Power To The People: Harriet Klausner, The Constant Critic”, in Time, retrieved 23 Aug 2016:"He's really broken. Hopefully he'll be able to find work somewhere and get a life."
1995 September 14, Joseph Berger, “Disgraced, Ex-Lawman In Rockland Avoids Jail”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Aug 2016:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| getting a life | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gets a life | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gotten a life | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got a life | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got a life | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
ru получи жизнь! (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · fi hankkia elämä (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · ru получай жизнь! (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · pl dotykać trawy (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · cmn 好好過日子吧 /好好过日子吧 (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · fr va t'acheter une vie! (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · tr bir hayatın olsun! (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) · pl dotknąć trawy (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence)