get a charge out of

present singular third person gets a charge out of · participle present getting a charge out of · past got a charge out of · UK participle past got a charge out of · US participle past gotten a charge out of

1. idiomaticTo derive excitement, entertainment, or pleasure from.

   Anyway, I used to get a charge out of the writing on the walls in the John.

   1969, Juliette Lemercier, Justine Lemercier, The Turkish Bath, →ISBN, page 108

   2 more examples

   Even landlubbers who find yacht racing about as exciting as watching grass grow might get a charge out of the litigious storm swirling around the America's Cup.

   1989 October 2, “Yachting: Courting the America's Cup”, in Time

   There are gamblers who get a charge out of playing the odds and thrive off risk.

   2009 January 2, Alina Tugend, “Coping Skills and Horrible Imaginings”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Nov 2011

   Synonyms: get off on, get a kick out of