ass out

verb

To hurry away.

Meanings

verbass out (third-person singular simple present asses out, present participle assing out, simple past and past participle assed out)

present singular third person asses out · participle present assing out · participle past assed out · past assed out

  1. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo hurry away.

    The Fourth Stooge assed out like a motherfucker.

    2000, Paul Beatty, Tuff, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 151

Origin

From the metonymic slang ass (“a person; the self”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ass out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ass%20out.

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