Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get off one's ass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: get of-f one's ass
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stop lazing around.

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"Mr. Braddock: But after a few weeks, I believe that person would wanna take some stock in himself and his situation, and start to think about getting off his ass!"
"I was sick of bands I liked not having any records out. I had wanted to put out records for a long time and one day I finally got off of my fat ass and did it."

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

gets off one's ass (present, singular) getting off one's ass (participle, present) got off one's ass (past) got off one's ass (participle, past) gotten off one's ass (participle, past)

Questions

What does get off one's ass mean?: To stop lazing around.

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