get some
verbEtymology Reduced from get (some) action.
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US, Euphemistic, Informal To have sex.
- So, did you get some with him?
- I'm going to that new club to get some tonight.
4 more examples
- White folks, you're much too tight / You gotta shake your head like the black folks / You might get some tonight, look out1984, Prince, Morris Day, “The Bird”, in Ice Cream Castle, performed by The Time:
- 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:
- She's up all night 'til the sun / I'm up all night to get some2013, “Get Lucky”, in Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams:
- “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:
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.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, some.
- Derived terms
- come get some, getting some
- Related terms
- getting any, do it