get one's ya-yas out

verb

To behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.

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Meanings

verbget one's ya-yas out (third-person singular simple present gets one's ya-yas out, present participle getting one's ya-yas out, simple past got one's ya-yas out, past participle gotten one's ya-yas out)

present singular third person gets one's ya-yas out · participle present getting one's ya-yas out · past got one's ya-yas out · participle past gotten one's ya-yas out

  1. USslangTo behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.

    Maybe she was just getting her ya-yas out, running for the sheer joy of being in a physical body.

    2009, Rachel Toor, The Pig and I, page 14
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    […] Feist still gets her ya-yas out as part of atmospheric-rock collective Broken Social Scene, and just a few years ago she could be found rapping in Spanish through a sock puppet […]

    2005, Vanity Fair, numbers 537-539, page 110

    Pounding with a toy hammer or banging on a toy drum, punching a pillow, pounding on play clay, running around outdoors, and swinging on a swing can also help him get his ya-yas out.

    2012, Heidi Murkoff, What to Expect: The Second Year

Origin

Popularized by 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones in Concert, an 1970 live album by English rock band the Rolling Stones.

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Chicago

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