out of one's system

English

Prepositional phrase

out of one's system

1. (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.

2. (literal) Physically eliminated from the body.

See also

• get off one's chest