get one's oats en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal) To have sexual intercourse.
Probably he's in a bad mood because he didn't get his oats last night.
“I Dig a Pygmy” by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids. Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats.
1970, Paul McCartney, “Two of Us”, in Let it Be, performed by The Beatles:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| getting one's oats | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gotten one's oats | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got one's oats | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got one's oats | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets one's oats | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
sow one's wild oats · feel one's oats
Synonyms
get one's leg over · get one's end away · do it (to have sexual intercourse)