"get off one's ass" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets off one's ass [present, singular, third-person], getting off one's ass [participle, present], got off one's ass [past], gotten off one's ass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,gotten> off one's ass}} get off one's ass (third-person singular simple present gets off one's ass, present participle getting off one's ass, simple past got off one's ass, past participle gotten off one's ass)
  1. (US, informal) To stop lazing around. Tags: US, informal
    Sense id: en-get_off_one's_ass-en-verb-vkG93WQ- Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
          "ref": "1967, The Graduate:",
          "text": "Mr. Braddock: But after a few weeks, I believe that person would wanna take some stock in himself and his situation, and start to think about getting off his ass!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1994, Chris Dodge, quotee, “Slap a Ham Records”, in Chaotic Noise, number 3, Roanoke, Va., [https://archive.org/details/chaotic_noise_3/page/n43/mode/2up?q=ass page [44]]:",
          "text": "I was sick of bands I liked not having any records out. I had wanted to put out records for a long time and one day I finally got off of my fat ass and did it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To stop lazing around."
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        "(US, informal) To stop lazing around."
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        "To stop lazing around."
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        "(US, informal) To stop lazing around."
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