on someone's ass
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Help! The cops are on my ass!"
- "Then they saw him, his legs pumping, his face a mask of determination. "Go!" he shouted in a high voice. "They're on my ass!""
- "Why is this guy on my ass? I guess doing ten over the limit isn't enough speeding for this moron."
- "My mom's always on my ass about keeping my grades up."
- "They would see to it that I graduated, not by pulling strings as might have been done at other schools, but by staying on my ass just as a parent would to help me off the field as well as on the field."
- "I slept on his couch for a few days, then he started getting on my ass about looking for work. I said, 'For Christ's sake, Frankie, I just graduated. Can I just enjoy the moment?'"
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Colloquial