get off on

verb

To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

“I don't get off on champagne.”

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Meanings

verbget off on (third-person singular simple present gets off on, present participle getting off on, simple past got off on, past participle (UK) got off on or (US) gotten off on)

present singular third person gets off on · participle present getting off on · past got off on · UK participle past got off on · US participle past gotten off on

  1. slangTo be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

    I don't get off on champagne.

    2 more examples

    Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!

    1973, “Figure Eight”, in Bob Dorough (music), Multiplication Rock, performed by Schoolhouse Rock!/Blossom Dearie

    I wasn’t getting off on the sex as much as I was getting off on being romantically inaccessible for the first time in my life.

    2026 June 12, Emily Ratajkowski, “Mother F*cker”, in The Cut
  2. USdatedslangTo fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.

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APA

get off on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20off%20on

MLA

“get off on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20off%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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