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to get laid

to get laid

95 9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt leɪd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : 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 fuck
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
∞ 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
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 do it
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
999 9.8

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to sleep with
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
652 7.4

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to screw
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
205 9.9

To have sex with someone, said as a rude word

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to get it on
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
125 9.3

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to bang
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
122 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to sleep together
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
69 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
58 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to have intercourse
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
23 8.1

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to be intimate
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
16 7.9

Have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to lie with
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
6 9.1

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to eff
vsto get laid
  • Offensive
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter
to bonk
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

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 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 jazz
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 have it away
vsto get laid
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

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

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is informal and implies a casual non-romantic encounter

Antonyms

celibate
33 7.3

Not having sex, often for religious reasons

sexual abstention
7.1

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

How Explicit

to get laid
  • Offensive
95 9.9
to have sex
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to sleep with
  • NSFW
652 7.4
to do it
  • NSFW
999 9.8
to make love
  • NSFW
296 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'.