get off on
English
Verb
get off on (third-person singular simple present gets off on, present participle getting off on, simple past got off on, past participle gotten off on or got off on)
- (slang) To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.
- 1973, Bob Dorough (music), “Figure Eight”, in Multiplication Rock, performed by Schoolhouse Rock!/Blossom Dearie:
- Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!
- I don't get off on champagne.
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Synonyms
- get a charge out of
Related terms
- get off
- get on