Meaning of get going | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To leave, to depart, to get moving.
   intransitive
2. To begin or commence.
   intransitive, transitive
3. To excite intellectually.
   transitive
4. To arouse sexually.
   transitive
5. To talk passionately without interruption.
   intransitive
6. To cause someone to talk passionately without interruption.
   transitive
7. To cry or bawl loudly.
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“It is quite late, I'd best get⟳ going before sunset.”

“We'd better get⟳ this project going. If we don't get⟳ going on it soon, we won't finish⟳ in time.”

“We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set⟳ in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.”

“She got him going with all these stories, and then she'd leave⟳ him, and he'd be up all night trying to figure⟳ out the end⟳.”

“He [Johnson] and my father could talk⟳ shop⟳ for hours and hours, and my father got a lot of stimulation – my father was also tense and bright but more quiet, less adventurous – he needed Edgar and Edgar's strong opinions and mercilessly sharp mind⟳ to get⟳ him going.”

“During the preliminaries I, as usual, "got her going" by irritation of the clitoris, among other things.”

“"You fascinate me, Rita. In vulgar terms, you've got me going. I would love⟳ to make⟳ a doting fool of myself over you. Rhapsodize over you in a highfalutin' key of lyrical ardour."”

“Besides, it's always seemed necessary to get⟳ him going. Now, tonight, it's more out of habit, because when I get⟳ a paw past his pants, he's already rock hard and it's clear that he got himself going without my help⟳.”

“Later Irv would claim⟳ her skin trembled—really fucking vibrated—under his hands as though she were an overcharged electric blanket, as though she could send⟳ off sparks and shock⟳ him, and how that really got him going.”

“Once she got going about my wages and everything else she had to pay⟳ out. She couldn't keep⟳ the wolf from the door, she said.”

“Mo was doing most of the talking and even though he's a good guy, once he gets going about Betty you can forget⟳ it for the rest⟳ of the night.”

““He's always got a story and when he gets going, you aren't going to bring⟳ him back for a while.””

“I got him going about the moon or stars, he would fall⟳ into that trap⟳, he forgot about his questions and for hours talked to me about the universe.”

“Then she'll start⟳ in about seeing all these robins we've been having lately, and next thing vou know⟳ she's quoting 'ere a sparrow that tails and that gets her going about that king turning into a bird in Daniel.”

“The visit⟳ to La Devinière got her going about her great childhood deprivation”

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