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get some en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Reduced from get (some) action.

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal) To have sex.
    • “Yeah,” said the woman beside her, a historian. “It’s called ‘sexual tension.’ Stay with it for a minute and you might get some.” 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • She's up all night 'til the sun / I'm up all night to get some 2013, “Get Lucky”, in Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams:
    • Proximity has a subtle, yet powerful effect on our social interactions. By definition, proximity refers to the degree of physical closeness or nearness in this case, with personal space. Logically, the closer you are, the closer you are to getting some. 2003, J. B. Lane, “Manage Your Personal Space”, in Wine, Dine and 69 Ways to Get Some, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
    • I'm going to that new club to get some tonight.
    • So, did you get some with him?
    • White folks, you're much too tight / You gotta shake your head like the black folks / You might get some tonight, look out 1984, Prince, Morris Day, “The Bird”, in Ice Cream Castle, performed by The Time:
  2. (informal) To be involved in a fight or assault.
    • The young Marine was spoiling for a fight; he hoped to get some during his next tour of duty.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, some.

Forms

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

Deriveds

getting some · come get some

Relateds

getting any · do it

Synonyms

lay the pipe · mate · shelve · have it off · approach · hump · intercourse · copulate · do it · clap cheeks · roger · make the beast with two backs · bonk · have sex · get physical · share a bed · company · common · bang · hook up · make whoopee · root · get busy · do it · sleep together · have intimate relations · Netflix and chill · hike the Appalachian Trail · ride · get one's end away · get one's groove on · play hide the sausage · eff · exchange flesh · couple · get one's oats · frack · get one's leg over · rail · crack · make out · engender · bump nasties · know · bone · show someone one's etchings · go all the way · tumble · sex · dance · have it away · get one's freak on · ming · haul one's ashes · bounce · make it · get down · get lucky · lay pipe · bump uglies · stick · knock boots · screw · expletive deleted · meddle · do the deed · pound · get freaky · get busy · have marital relations · get jiggy · rock and roll · bauf · get some · shag · boink · see someone's etchings · catch a dick · fuck · cohabit · graft the forked tree · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · frak · hide the salami · engage in sex · hide the wienie · pipe down · breed · get it on · strain · play · discuss Uganda · get one's dick wet · get it · pipe · jig-jig · know someone in the biblical sense · get it on · boff · beat · do battle · slap bellies · shaboink · do the nasty · get laid · frick · bop · frig · hide the sausage · get it on · have sexual relations · make love · penetrate · roll around · get the dirty water off one's chest