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to have it off

to have it off

1 9.9
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
  • phrasal verb
  • /hæv ɪt ɒf/
  • NSFW
: tener relaciones
  • After the party, they admitted they had it off in the back room.

But turns out he we just really had it off and like actually really like him.

Examples

Synonyms

to have sex
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is used in British informal speech rather than neutral or clinical tone
to fuck
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
∞ 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and less vulgar in tone than this coarse term
to sleep with
vsto have it off
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∞ 7.4

To have sex with someone

is British informal speech without stressing marital status
to make love
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
388 5.3

Have sex with someone you love or care about

is an informal British phrase used without implying affection
to get laid
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
203 9.9

To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way

is the British informal phrase without implying casual conquest
to bang
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
144 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and less blunt or coarse than this wording
to screw
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
112 9.9

To have sex with someone, said as a rude word

is British informal and milder in register than this crude slang
to sleep together
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
90 7.4

Have sex with another person, often when not married

is a British informal phrase not focused on marital status
to bed
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
88 9.0

To have sex with someone

is the British informal expression rather than a general casual verb
to hump
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
60 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is British informal and avoids the crude physical emphasis of this slang
to do it
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
52 9.8

To have sex with someone

is British informal and slightly more direct than this mild euphemism
to have intercourse
vsto have it off
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45 8.1

To have sex with someone

is informal British speech rather than formal or clinical wording
to lie with
vsto have it off
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43 9.1

To have sex with someone

is informal British speech rather than formal or legal phrasing
to be intimate
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
41 7.9

Have sex with someone

is a plain British informal phrase rather than this delicate euphemism
to get it on
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
34 9.3

To have sex with someone

is used as a British informal term for the act, not the start
to do the deed
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
25 7.8

To have sex, often used in a polite way to mean to get married

is the British informal phrase for the sexual act rather than implying marriage
to love
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
24 8.6

To have sex with another person

is the usual British informal term without the gentleness of this euphemism
to sex
vsto have it off
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15 5.1

To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way

is a specifically British informal phrase rather than general casual usage
to do the nasty
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
6 9.5

To have sex with someone

is British informal but more neutral in tone than this joke phrase
screwing
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
5 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and not the continuous vulgar verb form
to roll in the hay
vsto have it off
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2 9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is the British informal phrase with neutral tone rather than playful imagery
to bonk
vsto have it off
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1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and more neutral than this playful slang
to eff
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and more direct than this polite substitution
to have a go at it
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is the common British informal phrase, less playful than this euphemism
to know
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is modern British informal speech rather than archaic literary language
to get our fuck on
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Have sex with someone for fun without feelings

is British informal but less explicitly vulgar and less enthusiastic than this
to jazz
vsto have it off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is British informal and more general than this niche slang usage
to have it away
vsto have it off
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

is the same informal British expression for the sexual act

Antonyms

celibate
29 7.3

Not having sex, often for religious reasons

sexual abstention
1 7.1

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

How Intimate

to make love
  • NSFW
388 5.3
to have it off
  • NSFW
1 9.9
to hook up
  • NSFW
283 8.7

Surface Forms

have it off infinitive
had it off past
had it off past participle
having it off present participle
has it off third person singular

Morphology

have + it + off

The sexual meaning of 'have it off' is idiomatic and not compositionally derivable from 'have' (to experience), the pronoun 'it', and 'off' (away/removed). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words but has not encountered this slang would not predict the meaning, so its interpretation is language- and register-specific rather than transparent.

Etymology

Have it off may come from the simple picture of taking clothes 'off' before sex. Here, it stands for the act, so 'to have it off' makes a clear image of sex, and that's why it means 'to have sex'.