单词 | to get it on |
释义 | > as lemmasto get it on 11. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). to get it on. extracted from getv. a. To embark on an activity, to get going; to get into full swing; esp. to act or perform music with enthusiasm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously buckle1627 yokea1630 to buckle to1712 square1849 to get it on1954 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1954 Chicago Defender 29 May 2/6 There's no need to wait. Let's get it on! 1956 S. Ross Hustlers 63 Let's get going. Get it on! 1970 J. Grissim White Man's Blues 51 He doesn't give the audience two seconds to comprehend before he gets it on with some great Cajun fiddling and a magnificent gap-toothed smile. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 65 Ah feel sortay dynamic, ken, likesay, ah'm really lookin forward tae this interview. Rents sais: Sell yirsell, Spud, n tell the truth. Let's go for it cats, let's get it on. 1994 Vox July 126/1 As soon as the first track starts, it's very easy to imagine a scene in any Colombian village when the local musos are getting it on. b. Originally in African-American usage. To start, or take part in, a fight or argument. ΚΠ 1959 A. Anderson Lover Man 101 I got you on two counts, so..let's git it on! 1963 Amer. Speech 38 276 In a potential fight situation, one boy can indicate his willingness to have a fight by saying ‘Get it on.’ 1973 H. S. Thompson in Great Shark Hunt (1979) 75 At least 10,000 of them were out there..to get involved in serious violence... Anybody who couldn't get it on anywhere else could always..try to get into..[the] ‘Men's Room’ through the ‘Out’ door; there were always a few mean drunks lurking around to punch anybody who tried that. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxx. 233 Like Tyson, he had no neck. He had a thick body, a thick head, and all of it looked dangerous. He slapped his gloves together. Let's get it on. c. To have a sexual encounter, esp. to have sexual intercourse (with). ΚΠ 1970 ‘S. Forest’ On my Throbbing Engine v. 57 He hefted her weight, turning her over, his weight forcing itself upon her back, eager to get it on. 1971 B. B. Johnson Blues for Sister 31 She gripped him with her legs and they got it on. 1973 M. Gaye & E. Townsend Let's get it On (song, perf. M. Gaye) in Let's get it On (1994) (CD booklet) 8/1 If you feel like I feel, baby Then come on—oh, come on Let's get it on Let's love, baby. 1988 Star (Tarrytown, N.Y.) 12 Apr. 38/1 This one should have been arrested for public obscenity, she was so eager to get it on. 1995 FHM Sept. 59/1 He pretended not to know a damn thing, but a week later I heard through the grapevine that he'd been getting it on with a girl about a foot away from me. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 101 Me and Dean are set rigid in the same position, my feet up on his shoulders, our love-bits touching, not that there's any chance of getting it on now. < as lemmas |
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