"get the dirty water off one's chest" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get the dirty water off one's chest.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets the dirty water off one's chest [present, singular, third-person], getting the dirty water off one's chest [participle, present], got the dirty water off one's chest [participle, past], got the dirty water off one's chest [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got> the dirty water off one's chest}} get the dirty water off one's chest (third-person singular simple present gets the dirty water off one's chest, present participle getting the dirty water off one's chest, simple past and past participle got the dirty water off one's chest)
  1. (UK, idiomatic, slang) To get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence. Tags: UK, idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: get one's freak on, get some, have sex, copulate

Inflected forms

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