get off at Redfern

English

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Verb

get off at Redfern (third-person singular simple present gets off at Redfern, present participle getting off at Redfern, simple past and past participle got off at Redfern)

1. (euphemistic, informal, Australia) Synonym of get off at Haymarket
   • 1996, Peter M. West, Fathers, Sons and Lovers: Men Talk about Their Lives from the 1930s to Today, →ISBN, page 123:

     When we asked if girls got pregnant, he said that occasionally that happened. How did most couples avoid it? He replied: The bloke would have to get off at Redfern instead of going on to Central.

Further reading

• “get off at Redfern”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.