"get a life" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get a life.ogg Forms: gets a life [present, singular, third-person], getting a life [participle, present], got a life [past], got a life [UK, participle, past], gotten a life [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> a life}} get a life (third-person singular simple present gets a life, present participle getting a life, simple past got a life, past participle (UK) got a life or (US) gotten a life)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, derogatory, dismissal) To begin having a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence. Wikipedia link: Get a life (idiom) Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence): 做些讓生活更有意義的事 /做些让生活更有意义的事 (zuò xiē ràng shēnghuó gèng yǒu yìyì de shì) (Chinese Mandarin), hankkia elämä (Finnish), va t’acheter une vie! (French), bir hayatın olsun! (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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