"get one's leg over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-get one's leg over.ogg [Australia] 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) To have sex Tags: 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 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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