Speakur

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get out of someone's hair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
get out of -some-one's hair
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To manipulate somebody into quit pestering somebody else.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets out of someone's hair (present, singular) getting out of someone's hair (participle, present) got out of someone's hair (past) got out of someone's hair (UK, participle) gotten out of someone's hair (US, participle)

Questions

What does get out of someone's hair mean?
To manipulate somebody into quit pestering somebody else.

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