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get over on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Possibly from get one's leg over.

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
    • For Northton's young males, to " get over " on a woman – that is, to lure her into sex with vague promises of love and marriage; to get over on a woman and, particularly, to impregnate one (or three or five), and to " get away without being held legally accountable for out-of-wedlock children " is to prove strength, virility, and status. To a number of underclass youths, love is only another hustle. 1994 November 14, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., “Natural born sinners”, in Christianity Today, volume 38, number 13, page 24:
  2. (informal, transitive) To take advantage of.
    • Stewart and his classmates gave Schmitz a hard time when she first arrived.' We tried to get over on her, but she always cracked down,' he said.' 2008 August 17, Paul Tough, “A Teachable Moment”, in New York Times, Magazine, page 30:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
getting over on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gets over on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
got over on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got over on Tense=Past lexicographic
gotten over on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic

Relateds

get one over on

Synonyms

go to bed with · sleep with · coitize (have sex with)