A US informal idiom meaning to stop being idle and start doing something useful. Blunt and direct, it functions as a command or encouragement to take action rather than procrastinate. The phrase is used in frustration or motivation, with ass serving as an intensifier of the idleness implied.
At some point you are going to have to get off your ass and look for a job.
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(US, informal) To stop lazing around.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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