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get (so's) definition


  1. tv.
    to get someone excited. : I've got some news that'll really get your motor running.
  2. tv.
    to get someone sexually aroused. : She knows how to get his motor running.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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get there definition


  1. in.
    to get drunk. : Another hour of drinking and Pete knew he was going to get there.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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get there

Achieve success, as in He always wanted to be a millionaire, and he finally got there. In this expression, there indicates one's goal. The participial form of this phrase, getting there, means "making progress toward a goal," as in I haven't finished the book, but I'm getting there. [Late 1800s] Also see get somewhere.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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