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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get out of someone's face en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, imperative, often) To stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.
    • Man, get outta my face with that shit! The motherfucker who said that never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull with his fingers on account of your dumb ass. 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):

Forms

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got out of someone's face Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got out of someone's face Tense=Past lexicographic
getting out of someone's face Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gets out of someone's face Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gotten out of someone's face Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic