get off one's ass

verb

To stop lazing around.

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Meanings

verbget off one's ass (third-person singular simple present gets off one's ass, present participle getting off one's ass, simple past got off one's ass, past participle got off one's ass or gotten off one's ass)

present singular third person gets off one's ass · participle present getting off one's ass · past got off one's ass · participle past got off one's ass · participle past gotten off one's ass

  1. USinformalTo stop lazing around.

    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.

    1994, Chris Dodge, quotee, “Slap a Ham Records”, in Chaotic Noise, number 3, Roanoke, Va., [https://archive.org/details/chaotic_noise_3/page/n43/mode/2up?q=ass page [44]]
    1 more example

    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!

    1967, The Graduate

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
get off one's backside
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