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out of one's system en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (of an emotional state, often, with get) Eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.
    • I feel like you sow your oats when you're young, and then you just, you know, you get it out of your system. 2022 November 27, Mike White, “That's Amore”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy), via HBO:
    • Regular exercise might help you to get the anger out of your system.
  2. (literally) Physically eliminated from the body.

Relateds

get off one's chest