ass out

English

Etymology

From the metonymic slang ass (“a person; the self”).

Verb

ass out (third-person singular simple present asses out, present participle assing out, simple past and past participle assed out)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To hurry away.
   • 2000, Paul Beatty, Tuff, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 151:

     The Fourth Stooge assed out like a motherfucker.

References

• “ass out v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present