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arse1 nounarse2 verb arsearse1 /ɑːs $ ɑːrs/ noun [countable] British English spoken   arse1Origin: Old English ærs, ears ► not know your arse from your elbow► my arse!► get off your arse► shift/move your arse► a kick up the arse/backside/pants etc- He was gormless, spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside.
- I think I just needed a kick up the backside.
- They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside.
- I work my butt off for you, while that restaurant is doing worse and worse.
- I worked my butt off in basketball and stayed on the varsity-in fact, did well.
- I had to give the ball up, and then I had work my butt off to get it back.
- In short, I worked my butt off.
- Meanwhile, Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs.
- You could have worked your butt off helping a rep and you finally got the rep doing everything right.
1 not polite the part of your body that you sit on SYN ass American English2 taboo a stupid and annoying person. Do not use this word.3my arse! not polite used to say that you do not believe something4get off your arse not polite used to tell someone to stop being lazy and start doing something5shift/move your arse (also get your arse into gear) not polite used to tell someone to hurry up6not know your arse from your elbow used to tell someone to hurry up to be stupid and confused about simple things → ass, → be a pain in the arse at pain1(3), → smart arse, → work your arse off at work1(30)arse1 nounarse2 verb arsearse2 verb British English spoken not polite ► a kick up the arse/backside/pants etc- He was gormless, spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside.
- I think I just needed a kick up the backside.
- They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside.
- I work my butt off for you, while that restaurant is doing worse and worse.
- I worked my butt off in basketball and stayed on the varsity-in fact, did well.
- I had to give the ball up, and then I had work my butt off to get it back.
- In short, I worked my butt off.
- Meanwhile, Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs.
- You could have worked your butt off helping a rep and you finally got the rep doing everything right.
can’t/couldn’t be arsed (to do something) to not do something because you are feeling too lazyarse about/around phrasal verb to waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing the things you should do |