get out of someone's face

verb

To stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.

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Meanings

verbget out of someone's face (third-person singular simple present gets out of someone's face, present participle getting out of someone's face, simple past got out of someone's face, past participle (UK) got out of someone's face or (US) gotten out of someone's face)

present singular third person gets out of someone's face · participle present getting out of someone's face · past got out of someone's face · UK participle past got out of someone's face · US participle past gotten out of someone's face

  1. colloquialimperativeoftenTo stop aggressively bothering someone; to step down from confrontation with someone.

    Man, get outta my face with that shit! The motherfucker who said that never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull with his fingers on account of your dumb ass.

    1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson)
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APA

get out of someone's face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20out%20of%20someone's%20face

MLA

“get out of someone's face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20out%20of%20someone's%20face. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get out of someone's face,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20out%20of%20someone's%20face.

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