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get off on

Verb

Meaning

get off on (third-person singular simple present gets off on, present participle getting off on, simple past got off on, past participle (UK) got off on or (US) gotten off on)

(slang) To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

I don't get off on champagne.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music. Krist Novoselic

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation. Todd Solondz

Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time. Dennis Miller

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. Morgan Freeman

People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw. Bill Lee

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure. Jensen Ackles

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