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get a life



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Idioms and Phrases

Acquire some interests or relationships of one's own. For example, Stop sitting around and complainingā€”get a life . [ Slang ; late 1900s]
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As we get to know the movieā€™s wiry, chaotic young protagonist, engagingly portrayed by first-time actor Faveau, we expect heā€™ll get a life education the hard way, as these stories usually offer up.

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"They were like, 'But we can't spend 24 hours with you. So get real and get a life.' So they gently nudged me back into the films," he says.

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Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman had been a television comedy writer on shows such as ā€œGet a Lifeā€ and ā€œThe Dana Carvey Show,ā€ with ā€œBeing John Malkovichā€ his first produced film script.

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Earlier this month, President Biden responded to Trump's claims by telling reporters at a press conference that Trump needs to "get a life."

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ā€œThen I was like, What are you doing? Like, get a life. This person, this is their private life. We donā€™t need to fā€” publicize this.ā€

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