get it up

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

  1. (slang) To achieve or stimulate a penile erection.
    • 1988, Michael Weikath, "Rise and Fall", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
      Romeo loved his Juliet / Their parents told them "Stop" / Then it all turned out peculiar / He couldn't get it up
    I love my boyfriend, but am left unsatisfied because he can't get it up.
  2. (slang, figurative, by extension) To be enthusiastic about something; to maintain enthusiasm for something.
  3. (slang) To acquire enough money to pay off a debt.
    You have better get it up before the due date.

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