get it on v.
1. (US) to start a fight; to fight; lit. and fig.
TAD Lex. (1993) 105: The boys are going to the ring with the idea of getting it on with the other fellow a bit. | in Zwilling||
Duke 89: Right after the party we was supposed to jump you, get it on. | ||
Lover Man 101: I got you on two counts, so come on, son, let’s git it ON! | ‘Schooldays in North Carolina’ in||
Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 146: ‘Let’s git it on!’ Cornbread backed up, his fists in the air. | ‘Love Song for Wing’ in King||
House of Slammers 3: Two more wanted to fight and clearly longed for some excuse to get it on. | ||
Pugilist at Rest 216: Yer a bluidy tough bloke, I cannae wait to get it oan. | ||
Everybody Smokes in Hell 128: A cycle and a pickup get it on, the pickup’s always going to win. | ||
Portable Promised Land (ms.) 159: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] Lay it on me. Layin in the cut. Let’s get it on. |
2. (orig. US black) to start, to take positive action.
‘Sl. of Watts’ in Current Sl. III:2. | ||
‘Pimp in a Clothing Store’ in Milner & Milner (1972) 288: Hey looka here, man, is my stuff ready? I mean you ain’t jivin’ around, is you? I’m out here doin’ it. I can’t be running around with these lames now. I mean, you know, git it on. | ||
One Night Out Stealing 53: I just whacked at a ball [...] I knew this was it, cuzzy; we are gonna to be getting it on. | ||
Trainspotting 65: Let’s go for it cats, let’s get it on. | ||
Layer Cake 65: If the mood takes me, I like to get it on. |
3. to get an erection.
Buttons 54: I couldn’t get it on no matter what she did to me. |
4. to enjoy oneself.
Campus Sl. Mar. 3: get it on – to have a good time: Let’s get it on! |
5. (also get it on with, g.i.o.) to seduce, to have sexual intercourse.
Buttons 90: The whole house was full of naked people getting it on. | ||
Macho Sluts 31: Masturbation is [...] every bit as valid as getting it on with a partner. | ||
🎵 I got bitches in the living room gettin’ it on. | ‘Gin and Juice’||
Guardian Editor 5 Nov. 18: Did you get it on with any of the chicks? | ||
PS, I Scored the Bridesmaids 145: Her sister wants to get it on with me. | ||
Keisha the Sket (2021) 26: y didnt i gt it on wit him earlier? | ||
Life 214: Hey, baby, how you doing? Come on, let’s get it on. | ||
Decent Ride 325: As if ah fuckin care that they’re gittin it oan — ah fuckin well set the cunts up. | ||
Class Act [ebook] ‘Charlie and I got it on‘. |