get up off

verb

To stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).

“You had better get up off me.”

Meanings

verbget up off (third-person singular simple present gets, present participle getting, simple past got, past participle (US) gotten or (UK) got)

present singular third person gets · participle present getting · past got · US participle past gotten · UK participle past got

  1. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).

    You had better get up off me.

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Chicago

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