get off one's ass

English

Verb

get off one's ass (third-person singular simple present gets off one's ass, present participle getting off one's ass, simple past got off one's ass, past participle gotten off one's ass)

1. (US, informal) To stop lazing around.
   • 1967, The Graduate:

     Mr. Braddock: But after a few weeks, I believe that person would wanna take some stock in himself and his situation, and start to think about getting off his ass!

   • 1994, Chris Dodge, quotee, “Slap a Ham Records”, in Chaotic Noise, number 3, Roanoke, Va., page [44]:

     I was sick of bands I liked not having any records out. I had wanted to put out records for a long time and one day I finally got off of my fat ass and did it.