get the dirty water off one's chest

verb

To get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence.

Meanings

verbget the dirty water off one's chest (third-person singular simple present gets the dirty water off one's chest, present participle getting the dirty water off one's chest, simple past and past participle got the dirty water off one's chest)

present singular third person gets the dirty water off one's chest · participle present getting the dirty water off one's chest · participle past got the dirty water off one's chest · past got the dirty water off one's chest

  1. UKidiomaticslangTo get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence.

    'You've got to get the dirty water off your chest some time.'

    1971, Fred Basnett, Country Matters
    2 more examples

    Why not, I wonder, on my way, / Bored stiff and womanless for months, / To swim among and perv upon / The inaccessible Greek girls / And topless tourists round the bay, / Have random, casual sex and get / The dirty water off my chest?

    1993, Westerly

    I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?

    2000 January 25, Baz, “Any birds want a good seeing to?”, in uk.local.birmingham (Usenet)

    Synonyms: get one's freak on, get some, have sex

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence.

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