getting it on

Becoming physically intimate

Getting it on is having sex, with connotations of enthusiasm and mutual desire: We were just getting it on when her roommate walked in.

The phrase can also mean starting something with energy or aggression: The two teams really got it on in the second half.

Related

seduction · in the mood · copulation · bumping uglies · romance · sex · fornication · horizontal tango · making love · hanky-panky · arousal · passion · shagging · fooling around · attraction · courtship · desire · hookup

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Opposites
sexual activity

getting it onabstaining

Voluntarily doing without

celibacy · abstinence · holding off · refraining · saying no

physical intimacy level

getting it onholding hands

Gripping another's palm

no touching

relational engagement

getting it onsaying no

friend-zoning · brushing off · rebuffing · cooling off

Family

forget, forgotten, get on, getting, onto, ongoing, gotten, forgetting, unforgettable

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13