get off on

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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)

  1. (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, 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!
  2. (slang, US, dated) To fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.

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