get a life

get a life
phrasal
: to stop wasting time on trivial or hopeless matters — often used in the imperative

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get a life see under ↑life
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Main Entry: ↑get
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get a life (informal; usu in imperative)
To start to live life to the full and do interesting things
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Main Entry: ↑life

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get a life spoken phrase
used for telling someone that they are boring

Stop acting like an idiot and get a life!

Thesaurus: not interesting or excitingsynonym
Main entry: life

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[often in imperative] informal start living a fuller or more interesting existence

if he's a lout, then get yourself out of there and get a life

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get a life
informal : to stop spending time doing or thinking about things that are not important or interesting : to begin to have a more interesting or exciting life

My girlfriend's parents are nice people, but all they do is watch TV all day. They need to get a life.

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Main Entry: ↑life

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get a ˈlife idiom
(informal) used to tell sb to stop being boring and to do sth more interesting

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Do us all a favour… get a life!

Main entry: ↑lifeidiom

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