out of one's system
(Redirected from get something out of one's system)
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (of an emotional state, often with get) Eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.
- Regular exercise might help you to get the anger out of your system.
- 2022 November 27, Mike White, “That's Amore”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy), via HBO:
- I feel like you sow your oats when you're young, and then you just, you know, you get it out of your system.
- (literally) Physically eliminated from the body.