get one's oats

verb

To have sexual intercourse.

“Probably he's in a bad mood because he didn't get his oats last night.”

Meanings

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

present singular third person gets one's oats · participle present getting one's oats · past got one's oats · UK participle past got one's oats · US participle past gotten one's oats

  1. informalTo have sexual intercourse.

    Probably he's in a bad mood because he didn't get his oats last night.

    1 more example

    “I Dig a Pygmy” by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids. Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats.

    1970, Paul McCartney, “Two of Us”, in Let it Be, performed by The Beatles

    Synonyms: do it, get one's end away, get one's leg over

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have sexual intercourse.

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Chicago

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