get out of someone's hair

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Verb

get out of someone's hair (third-person singular simple present gets out of someone's hair, present participle getting out of someone's hair, simple past got out of someone's hair, past participle (UK) got out of someone's hair or (US) gotten out of someone's hair)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To manipulate somebody into quit pestering somebody else.

   Me, if I broke up with a man, I would not have sex with him again just to get him out of my hair as easily as possible.