"get one's leg over" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-get one's leg over.ogg Forms: gets one's leg over [present, singular, third-person], getting one's leg over [participle, present], got one's leg over [past], got one's leg over [UK, participle, past], gotten one's leg over [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's leg over}} get one's leg over (third-person singular simple present gets one's leg over, present participle getting one's leg over, simple past got one's leg over, past participle (UK) got one's leg over or (US) gotten one's leg over)
  1. (intransitive, slang, chiefly UK) To have sex Tags: UK, intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (to have sex): do it
    Sense id: en-get_one's_leg_over-en-verb-3djoU9NL Disambiguation of Sex: 84 16 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'to have sex': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over. Synonyms: get one's end away, get one's groove on, copulate, get a leg over Derived forms: legover Related terms: get over on
    Sense id: en-get_one's_leg_over-en-verb-pW2Xk4ac
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