getting off (on)

verb

present participle of get off (on)
as in enjoying
to take pleasure in he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting off (on)
  1. enjoying
  2. savoring
  3. loving
  4. liking
Verb
  • An evening spent practicing, creating, or enjoying your own company can strengthen your life outside the group without weakening the friendship.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The video provided by the zoo showed Ping Ping and Fu Shuang chowing down on bamboo stalks and enjoying their habitat.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of enjoying
Verb
  • Taking the pressure off finishing all the food on the plate can instead place emphasis on savoring the sensory experience of each bite.
    — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The series will see the writer travel the globe in pursuit of the idea that savoring life is an act of resistance.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of savoring
Verb
  • Beneath that Taylor Swift-loving exterior, there must be a Bin Laden fighting to get out.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Anderson’s version of the song that put Georgia Satellites on the map is him at his fun-loving best.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of loving
Verb
  • Social convention dictates that you not be caught liking Hoffman’s posts or following her yourself.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His tool, Reverse Engineer Anything, or REA, lets artificial intelligence agents pull apart programs and reconstitute them to their users’ liking.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of liking
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“Getting off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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