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61get off your chest — get (something) off your chest : to tell someone about something that has been making you upset or unhappy You ve been a little cold to me lately. Is there something you d like to get off your chest? • • • Main Entry: ↑chest …
62get off somebody's back — get off sb s ˈback idiom (informal) to stop annoying sb, for example by criticizing them, or asking them to do sth • Just get off my back, will you! Main entry: ↑backidiom …
63get off your high horse — get off (your) high horse to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people. He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants. Usage notes: also used in the forms… …
64get off high horse — get off (your) high horse to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people. He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants. Usage notes: also used in the forms… …
65get off one's butt — get busy, start working He should get off his butt and try and get a job so he will have some money …
66get off scot-free — get away/get off/scot free phrase to avoid punishment for doing something that deserves punishment Criminals such as these cannot be allowed to get away scot free. Thesaurus: to escape or avoid punishmentsynonym punishment of being legally killed …
67get off the ground — ► if a project or activity gets off the ground, it starts or starts to be successful: »There is a difference between a project which never gets off the ground and one which suddenly goes bad. Main Entry: ↑ground …
68get off lightly — get off/be let off/lightly phrase to not be harmed or punished as severely as you might have been She got off lightly, with a fine instead of a prison sentence. Thesaurus: to escape or avoid punishmentsynonym punishment of being legally… …
69get off your backside — get off (your) backside British & Australian, very informal! to stop being lazy and start doing something. It s time the government got off its backside and did something about improving the railways …
70get off backside — get off (your) backside British & Australian, very informal! to stop being lazy and start doing something. It s time the government got off its backside and did something about improving the railways …
