get off on
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[edit]get off on (third-person singular simple present gets off on, present participle getting off on, simple past got off on, past participle (UK) got off on or (US) gotten off on)
- (slang) To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.
- I don't get off on champagne.
- 1973, “Figure Eight”, in Bob Dorough (music), Multiplication Rock[1], 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!
- (slang, US, dated) To fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.