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to get laid

to get laid

203 9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt leɪd/
  • Offensive
: tirarse a alguien (vulgar)
  • Some people came to the club to drink, some to get laid; she came to dance.
  • want to get laid
  • try to get laid
  • get laid tonight

And when young men can't get laid, they really become a problem.

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Examples

Synonyms

to have sex
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to fuck
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
∞ 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to sleep with
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
∞ 7.4

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to bang
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
144 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to screw
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
112 9.9

To have sex with someone, said as a rude word

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to sleep together
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
90 7.4

Have sex with another person, often when not married

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to hump
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
60 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to do it
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
52 9.8

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to have intercourse
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
45 8.1

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to lie with
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
43 9.1

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to be intimate
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
41 7.9

Have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to get it on
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
34 9.3

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to roll in the hay
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
2 9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to bonk
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to eff
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to have it off
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used in informal British English

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to have a go at it
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to get our fuck on
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Have sex with someone for fun without feelings

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to jazz
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to have it away
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter

Antonyms

29 7.3

Not having sex, often for religious reasons

Choosing not to have sex for religious, moral, or personal reasons

How Explicit

to get laid
  • Offensive
203 9.9
to have sex
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to sleep with
  • NSFW
∞ 7.4
to do it
  • NSFW
52 9.8
to make love
  • NSFW
388 5.3

Surface Forms

get laid infinitive
getting laid present participle
gets laid third person singular
got laid past
got laid past participle

Morphology

get + laid

The slang meaning 'to have sexual intercourse' is not transparently derived from the literal senses of 'get' (obtain/receive) and 'laid' (placed); the sexual sense of 'lay' is colloquial and metaphorical. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words but has not encountered the idiom would be unlikely to infer this meaning without prior exposure, so the item is opaque.

Etymology

Get laid may come from the older verb lay, which meant to place someone in bed, so the picture of being 'laid' with another person helps explain why get laid means 'to have sex'.