get one's leg over

verb

To have sex.

“It's all well and good having a relationship, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.”

Meanings

verbget one's leg over (third-person singular simple present gets one's leg over, present participle getting one's leg over, simple past got one's leg over, past participle (UK) got one's leg over or (US) gotten one's leg over)

present singular third person gets one's leg over · participle present getting one's leg over · past got one's leg over · UK participle past got one's leg over · US participle past gotten one's leg over · alternative get a leg over

  1. UKintransitiveslangTo have sex.

    It's all well and good having a relationship, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.

    Synonyms: do it

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.

    He just didn't quite get his leg over.

    1991, Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps; quoted in Cris Freddi, The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Guinness Publishing, 1996, →ISBN, page 138

    Synonyms: get one's end away, get one's groove on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have sex.

Similar

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get one's leg over,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20leg%20over.

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